Daggerfall: Veteran Tips for Beginners #3

Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:19 am

Well despite being level 3, I had done Morgiah's wedding and had not done any of the other 'noble' quests, so other than Lady Brisienna's letter and Morgiah's that's it. I haven't done the Concerns for Nulfaga quest yet at all, and yes, I do have DQfix enabled, have from the start.

But I am aware you can get letters 'out fo the blue', like the one from the Brotherhood when doing a quest to pick up something from one Mages Guild to deliver to another Mages Guild, where they threatened me and told me to deliver somewhere else.

In any event, i am not overly worried, and I feel this thread has become a free Daggerfall quest that we're all investigating! :)

Gotta say a huge thanks for all the help! But it's been a week now (game time) and if it is important,I may get a reminder letter in another week!

To end though - gotta resent becoming a scoundrel in Wayrest just because I had to rescue a woman kidnapped in a locked house and I had to picklock the door to get in, hearing the HALT,HALT HALT!. I got the girl and took her to the temple, completing the quest, and the guards never caught up with me or bothered me after the quest completion. I suppose that's what you call sacrifice!
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:13 pm

Well despite being level 3, I had done Morgiah's wedding and had not done any of the other 'noble' quests, so other than Lady Brisienna's letter and Morgiah's that's it. I haven't done the Concerns for Nulfaga quest yet at all, and yes, I do have DQfix enabled, have from the start.

But I am aware you can get letters 'out fo the blue', like the one from the Brotherhood when doing a quest to pick up something from one Mages Guild to deliver to another Mages Guild, where they threatened me and told me to deliver somewhere else.

In any event, i am not overly worried, and I feel this thread has become a free Daggerfall quest that we're all investigating! :)

Gotta say a huge thanks for all the help! But it's been a week now (game time) and if it is important,I may get a reminder letter in another week!

To end though - gotta resent becoming a scoundrel in Wayrest just because I had to rescue a woman kidnapped in a locked house and I had to picklock the door to get in, hearing the HALT,HALT HALT!. I got the girl and took her to the temple, completing the quest, and the guards never caught up with me or bothered me after the quest completion. I suppose that's what you call sacrifice!


It is really important to make sure you have the DQfix otherwise you could deal with quite a few massive bugs. So just wondering do you have it installed, also most MQ letters only come once and won't show up again, ever.?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:30 am

dagerdude, rreally appreciate your help.But I did say i had DFQFix installed from the start of playing the game.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:34 pm

dagerdude, rreally appreciate your help.But I did say i had DFQFix installed from the start of playing the game.


Ok, you just lost Morgiah's invitation to the wedding. Nothing big.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:07 am

Ok, you just lost Morgiah's invitation to the wedding. Nothing big.


No, because that gets delivered as a card and I got a letter, and the card is supposed to be delivered by a guy in a Waycrest uniform, and my guy was a regular boy - hence all the mystery! :)
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:35 am

No, because that gets delivered as a card and I got a letter, and the card is supposed to be delivered by a guy in a Waycrest uniform, and my guy was a regular boy - hence all the mystery! :)


0_0 That's not good. Have you gotten the card though. Typically they are delivered as letters and did you have any active quests at the time?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:00 am

I had just got an innkeeper quest when the letter arrived outside of the inn. The longer I don't see any grief from anyone in the next week, and the various quests for nobles goes well,then I will slowly relax. The problem is, if my game goes out of whack, or my reputation goes down the toilet or anything for that matter I am going to wonder if that letter had anything to do with it! :)
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:27 am

I had just got an innkeeper quest when the letter arrived outside of the inn. The longer I don't see any grief from anyone in the next week, and the various quests for nobles goes well,then I will slowly relax. The problem is, if my game goes out of whack, or my reputation goes down the toilet or anything for that matter I am going to wonder if that letter had anything to do with it! :)


Can you tell me the quest or what you had to do?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:59 am

What if getting a letter itself was the bug? I mean, what if something weird occurred and it gave you the letter dialog thing for no reason at all?
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:40 pm

What if getting a letter itself was the bug? I mean, what if something weird occurred and it gave you the letter dialog thing for no reason at all?


I don't think this has ever happened or is possible but I'm not sure. Could someone answer this?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:34 am

Daggerfall's dungeons are very confusing... I always get lost! Are there any tricks for exploring dungeons? I saw someone post quite a few earlier, but I can't for the life of me find that post.

Plus: I didn't visit the queen when she sent me the letter, and now I have no idea how to start the main quest.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:44 am

When exploring dungeons, I like to use the "follow the right wall" trick. It usually is a pretty efficient way of exploring dungeons and not getting lost, though it sometimes backfires in dungeons with huge open rooms with moving platforms and whatnot. Invest in the spell "recall" if you have enough spellpoints. It's insanely useful for getting out of a dungeon once you've found what you're looking for. (hint, you can make a "Teleport" spell--same as recall--in a spellmaker for 0 gold)

The first letter you get is from Lady Brisienna. This is the very first step in the main quest, and you must meet with her to be able to begin the chain. You have 30 days to meet her after her first letter.. if you miss the meeting, you will get 2 more letters before you are basically locked out of the main quest.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:35 am

I missed the meeting and have yet to recieve another letter...

"follow the right wall" trick.


Seems a little strange. Is there a logical reason for this?

1 more thing...

Do you have any general "getting started" tips? I feel as though I've been thrown into a completely alien world alone and defenseless!

Thanks for the tips.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:49 pm

Google "Daggerfall the (in)famous beginners guide" and the first link will be a Word document download that has a superb 200+ page beginners guide!
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:51 pm

Or you could just view it as webpages: http://www.tesguides.com/tes2/index.htm

Tons of good info in it!
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:25 am

When exploring dungeons, I like to use the "follow the right wall" trick. It usually is a pretty efficient way of exploring dungeons and not getting lost, though it sometimes backfires in dungeons with huge open rooms with moving platforms and whatnot. Invest in the spell "recall" if you have enough spellpoints. It's insanely useful for getting out of a dungeon once you've found what you're looking for. (hint, you can make a "Teleport" spell--same as recall--in a spellmaker for 0 gold)

The first letter you get is from Lady Brisienna. This is the very first step in the main quest, and you must meet with her to be able to begin the chain. You have 30 days to meet her after her first letter.. if you miss the meeting, you will get 2 more letters before you are basically locked out of the main quest.


Is that so?

I got a letter by Princess Morgiah, shortly after I turned down the (by then very angry) Lady Brisienna. Isn't that the next part of the main-quest?

My other character, who actually visited Lady Brisienna got the very same letter.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:54 am

Is that so?

I got a letter by Princess Morgiah, shortly after I turned down the (by then very angry) Lady Brisienna. Isn't that the next part of the main-quest?

My other character, who actually visited Lady Brisienna got the very same letter.


It's supposed to be the intention, though honestly I've never missed the Lady B quest so who knows. I would wager a guess however that even though Morgiah's quest started, you may not of been able to start another, like Queen Aubk-i's. It'll be something to test out at some point..
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:22 am

It's supposed to be the intention, though honestly I've never missed the Lady B quest so who knows. I would wager a guess however that even though Morgiah's quest started, you may not of been able to start another, like Queen Aubk-i's. It'll be something to test out at some point..


Well, Queen Aubk-i's first quest is in perfectly fine and working order. Just tried it.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:53 am

Yep, apparently you only suffer a reputation hit for not speaking to Lady Brisienna. You learn something new every day with this game!

If you're new to the game however and not using a walkthrough much, I would recommend speaking to her as she gives you some useful quest background information.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:30 pm

I have started doing quests for Nobles and finding out about the letter and the storm that my boat hit on arrival. and all seems well at the moment!

One thing though,in the last three dungeons there have been red brick doors, but none of them could be walked through and nothing happened when I clicked on them, is this a known bug as transportation doors don't work? I have never got the the four flaming plinths to transport me anywhere either, although I understand they sometimes do.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:17 pm

There are switch activated brick walls and some that just don't do anything.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:18 pm

Another question, I am a common citizen in Sentinel and yet outside of Sentinel City I get 'no response' from all the town NPC's and store NPC's say I am 'not of the right sort' it makes it very difficult to complete quests!
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:37 am

Can you disable the UI bar at the bottom of the screen if you use mouse view mode (it's useless since you can't click on it anyway) or is that impossible. Oh, I just remember that it also has you HP/Magicka/Fatigue bars in it. Is it possible to disable that bar except the status bars?

btw, why aren't the High Elves 'golden skinned' as the description says :(
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:38 am

Yes, when you hit escape it's right there. A check box that says "Full screen mode" or something to that effect.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:24 pm

Yes, when you hit escape it's right there. A check box that says "Full screen mode" or something to that effect.


Ooh, thanks I'll try that. But I don't want fullscreen since Daggerfall has a very low resolution, and fullscreen it's extremely ugly.
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