Taking a Break... : IV - Oblivion

» Thu May 03, 2012 12:13 pm

That's the thing. I'm tending to bounce back and forth from Oblivion and Skyrim, back and forth. :wink:

In my case I bounce between TES and Fallout. Quite a big change of perspective there.

» Thu May 03, 2012 4:35 am

@tmar I can imagine that must be awesome, going back to characters you haven′t been with for many years.

It really is. It's also a way of seeing how much your role playing has changed your choices over the years. I recently reloaded Fortja and did a little wandering with her. She's a character from a little more than three years ago, who did all the "good" and "neutral" quest lines. She was also the one character with which I uncovered every location on the map. She feels really flat and "cardboard" after my more recent characters, who are much more "living in Cyrodiil" than "adventuring." I would never do Main Quest, Fighter's Guild, Mages Guild, Arena, and KOTN with one character nowadays.

Still, there was a nostalgic moment when we went and stood before her statue in Bruma. The memories...

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:17 am

I'm not enough of a forum-hopper to post in two fan sites. I'm already part of http://tesalliance.org/. But I have heard that Chorrol is nice, too.

Heh. Maybe I'll check out TES Alliance, too, then. Chorrol's Skyrim activity is positive, but a little too slow at times.

In fact, in case anyone is interested, this is New Niamh - Skyrim incarnation:
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/yy265/bassmunkee/Skyrim/new_niamh.jpg

Yummm!

When I get burned out on my present activities in Oblivion, I just resurrect one of my 3 or 4 year old characters that I left stranded for the same reason you are leaving - and I have a lot of them. For example, I recently resolved the problem of my 2008 2^nd character’s inability to buy the Skingrad house and am now having a ball doing whatever she wants to do for the day....

I hope I get this sort of inspiration with Eradi~Kate, my evil vampiress. She doesn't want to continue the DB questline after Lucien gave her his big official order. Therefore that questline is currently on hold. Kate merely drifts around from place to place, causing trouble and such, but i have no idea if she'll ever finish DB.

» Thu May 03, 2012 9:43 am

Yummm!

» Thu May 03, 2012 5:43 am

In case anyone's interested, here's a brief prose piece on Niamh's arrival in Skyrim; attempting to provide a link between Cyrodiil and where she now finds herself...
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1309222-niamh/page__view__findpost__p__20490124

» Thu May 03, 2012 2:45 am

I just came back to Oblivion, after my hiatus playing Fallout 3, and I shall eventually move onto Skyrim.

» Thu May 03, 2012 3:53 am

I just came back to Oblivion, after my hiatus playing Fallout 3, and I shall eventually move onto Skyrim.

Yeah it′s been some time since I last saw you here. Welcome back

I got Fallout 3 but never really got hooked. Oblivion is my game and Cyrodiil is my home :tes:

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:39 am

Yeah it′s been some time since I last saw you here. Welcome back :smile:

I got Fallout 3 but never really got hooked. Oblivion is my game and Cyrodiil is my home :tes:

I don't mind Fallout 3. I was hooked up until shortly after the MQ. Since then it has been somewhat of a grind. I'm trying to complete everything once through at least before I do a second playthrough and start using mods.
I do like the vibrant colours and lush vegetation of Cyrodiil though the Wasteland's landscape seemed a little more hand-crafted, but bland grey, dull greens & browns everywhere.