Personally, I loved the ayleid ruins because of the mystery surrounding them and their long gone architects.

Forts, especially ones with marauders and goblins. They don't give me such a hard time when I try to kill them :confused:

Vanilla: Ayleid, of course.

Mods: Uff...complicated. "The Lost Spires" dungeons are memorable (there are blue caves with crystals everywhere, a cave full of life and vegetation, a black volcanic cave...). "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGdAFEgyY-c" is also great, featuring one of the first (if not the first) mod that incorporated (apart from completely new) a pitch black dungeon, so you've to rely on torches or spells to navigate though it. There are lots more of good custom dungeons in mods, but those two were the ones that "left a trace on me".

I like all the dungeons, but forts are my fave. I like how they feel kind of like old castles or such. And they just lend themselves nicely to traps.

Aeylid Ruins for me as well. Turn the music off, and listen to the air moving around down there. Creepy! :foodndrink:

I much prefer regular caves and so does Lothran

Not so long ago, my favorite would've probably been Ayleid ruins, but that was before Claudia got it in her head to turn all Indiana Jonesish and finish The Collector. I hadn't done it in quite a while, so I couldn't remember where all the statues were, and I made it a point not to let her know anyway, so she just started close to the Imperial City and worked her way around the map. She ended up going in just about every Ayleid ruin in Cyrodiil (if there's another out there, she hasn't found it) and both of us ended up pretty tired of them.

Lately, I've been traveling with Lud the Orc adventurer, and he's sort of a greedy bastard, so he's been spending most of his time in caves - creature ones, specifically - just because they tend to have the most valuable treasure for the least weight. The downside to caves though is that there tend to be a lot of goblin caves, and goblins usually have lousy treasure.

thread fail... no shivering isle dungeon or root lair?

well imo the stone dungeons in shivering isles have by far the best atmosphere.

I guess they qualify under caves/mines :shrug:

Mmm... good call. It's been too long since any of my characters have been in the Isles, but you're right. The root lairs didn't do a whole lot for me, but the stone dungeons are very nice.

Hmm yeah forgot about them sorry. I'll add them in the poll.

I love forts, The bigger and more filled with traps and enemies the better!

I voted for Ayleid *and* SI ruins. I just like ruins. I actually like ruins full of undead the most; they're not my favorite type of enemy to fight, but it's cool to imagine that no one has explored the place in centuries... especially if it's a ruin way out in the middle of nowhere.

The last SI ruin I explored was Ebrocca. That place is fun, with its own bit of lore.

This.

Aylied Ruins through and through. They just interest Sabarel in every which way, she is always going over more and more maps to try and see if she can find one more.

However Euisa has got a thing againest Goblins so she can normally be found in one of their many lairs in Caves or Mines.

Definetly Ayleid Ruins, I find them to be the least repetitive personally.

SI Ruins they are so well made.

Another vote for Ayleid ruins, still remember the first time I played OB, that bit in Vilverin when the bandits stop, and the undead start, cries of OMG and WTF from the cheap seats.

One of the few very memorable dungeons in Oblivion

You're not wrong, but that Ayleid ruin=scary feeling still stays with me years later.

This.

Dang, there's no "undecided" on the poll. That's what I would choose.