I've just recently started playing Oblivion again. My question is there seem to be a lot of enemies in certain areas for instance in the Derelict Mine outside Skingrad. I found 37 goblins with around 20 of them being on the final level of the mine. (including 2 warchiefs). and During the breaking the siege of Kvatch mission when I exit the chapel there were 8 clanfears, 2 frost atronachs & 2 scamps. and in the courtyard there were 3 daedreth, 7 clanfear and 2 flame atronachs. (I know because I counted the bodies) My difficulty bar is set about halfway. I like a challenge. However all of the guards keep getting knocked out and I keep either getting my but kicked or running. I'm just wondering if this is usual or if this is a glitch. Thanks for helping me with my curiosity. As I said I've played Oblivion before however it has been several years and I just don't remember quite that many enemies in certain areas.

Your character's level is...?

Mods...?

There are definitely a lot of goblins in that mine. I don't know if I ever counted them.

As for the leveled enemies you're seeing in Kvatch, it largely depends on your character's level. That battle gets a lot harder as your level rises, mainly because your allies don't get proportionately better (or better equipped) as the enemies scale up.

If you are doing the Main Quest, or any quest for that matter at a higher level, then scope of the enemies will increase. I don't think the count goes up per say, but their level and difficulty does. Which is why it seems that there are more enemies. In other words a Deadroth is more memorable than a Scamp.

You will also have a harder time keeping your allies alive in certain battles at a higher level.

And, some dungeons do have a large number of enemies. But I have not noticed enemy counts going up, just levels.

I am on 360 and my character is currently level 15. I was level 13 in the Goblin cave and level 14 in Kvatch.