By turning off the voices.

"But Ethetan, how will I hear discussions about mudcrabs?"

I rest my case. Seriously, with no voices, one can easily forget that only 6 VA'a voice the whole of cyrodil. Stealth is also moderatly improved as no longer can I hear the "Hello, who's there" line from patrolling grunts. If you're an immersion junkie I highly suggest turning voices off. I wish I had done this 6 years ago.

In addition, playing with no music, crosshair, and putting a black piece of paper over the compass help a lot. Yeah Im on console lol.

I've actually pondered this myself.

I like having voices on, conversation with mudcrabs or any others never get old for me. I also don't mind that there are so few voice actors, I probably wouldn't care if there were even less.

Never. I'll never turn them off, despite my desire for the "I" word. What would Cyrodiil be (for me) without those silly conversations? I LOVE it when NPCs get freaked and start wishing they had "cut down on the ale" or think they see things that are "making me jumpy!".

Part of the reason I play TES4 is to enjoy the environment. To escape into a silly world that has nothing to do with Earth. I laugh a lot while hearing the NPCs speak, even though for some players this totally kills immersion. I need to laugh sometimes. It's a stress reliever.

So yes, I agree with ya about deleting the crosshair, the compass, the music, but I'll never kill those voices.