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So guys, I'm curious what was the first thought that went through your head when Martin turned into the avatar of Akatosh?
What are your opinions on the ending? Did you stop playing the game afterwards or did you continue roleplaying?

I played to get the armour... then quit when i saw how shockingly bad it was

"NO, WHAT'S HE DOING?!" The first time I played. When it was all over I felt an overwhelming sadness. In fact, I've never replayed the main quest. The rest of the characters I've had get as far as delivering the amulet (to get it out of the inventory) then forgetting everything else.

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I knew what was coming so was able to focus on the moment. I thought the avatar was well done. I retired that character right after.

It was a sad turn of events for Fortja, my first character to complete the Main Quest. She lost her best friend that day. She didn't collect her reward for months. Driven nearly mad by despair, she ran off to Sheogorath's realm, half-hoping to die in an attempt to take charge of that realm; she survived.

Funny thing, my CoC character also sought death not long after Martin made his sacrifice. She eventually got her wish.

Fortja was quite mad for a while, but eventually came to her senses. She "got religion" and did the Knights of the Nine thing, and then retired to Cloud Ruler Temple, where she lives the simple life with her fellow surviving Blades. Most of her trophies and treasures are stuffed into a couple of chests in a shack on the Imperial City Waterfront, pretty much forgotten.

it actually affected me (sorry,my female breton crusader more,playing through it again (especially after revisiting the place,where the daedra machine was trying to attack bruma. she saw the dead bodies of her close friends (and blade brothers).jauffe and baurus (along with the bruma soldier burd) .well after seeing them still lying there by that demonic machine,she had had it (what with martin's death also) she went back to her home in anvil,and took off every piece of armour she was wearing (along with all her weapons).she then changed into a blue dress that she had,and left to go for a wander (not caring if she was going to be attacked) she was attacked by a grizzly bear,that just was the final straw.she proceeded to beat it to a pulp.finding that she was liking this style of unarmed combat,she proceeded to take on any enemy that dared to attack her (including what seemed like a whole tomb of vampires,when she started exploring a new ruin). (she had to get it out of her system!) i can report though that she now feels a lot better (and is wearing armour/using weapons again)although she may well go back to that style of combat again

This was me on the first. I didn't really know what I was doing, and kind of rushed through the main quest. I was lvl 12, I think. Likewise, I don't bother with the main quest anymore. As I HATE those damn gates, popping up all over the place.

I've never been able to roleplay when doing the main quest in OB, for me it's too 'good guy fights bad guy and saves world'; I prefer a few twists and turns along the way. All I got was Martin sending me to do a bunch of tasks that made me feel like a postman :tongue:

When he turned into the Avatar I just thought "Thank god that's over" :shrug:

I thought it was lame that I couldn't do the battle.

I can't honestly remember my reaction to the final scene too clearly, I think I was upset that martin sacrificed himself because, as annoying as his errands were, I still liked him as a character (Also because it's Sean Bean's voice!).

I haven't role played through the main story since then, mainly due to the gates being a bloody pain to deal with. However, I've just recently downloaded the 'Enhanced Daedric Invasion' mod and I plan on taking a larger part in helping to defend Cyrodiil.
I'm just an average adventurer at the moment, traversing the Niben, plundering caves and defeating bandits and the like. When I finally gather some good companions and equipment I may just journey to Weynon Priory and see what the fuss is all about over this little amulet.