Thoughts 26 Jul 2007 12:28 pm
Shivering Isles
I finally bought and installed this latest mod from Bethesda.
I’m running Oscuro’s Oblivion Overhaul and Natural Environments 2.1.2, and have had only one lockup, we’ll blame Winblows for that.
I’ve only completed the main quest, and I got to be Sheogorath. I haven’t played beyond my ascension?? to the throne.
You don’t get all of Sheogorath’s powers, but you get some of them.
All the critters and treasure seem to be leveled, so going in at a level 3 should be fine.
The staff is interesting, it freezes things in time, I’m sure there’s a use for it.
Sheogorath’s outfit would make a door to door salesman rich, but I prefer good armor and Umbra, this combination make negotiating easier.
Haskil’s attitude remains the same after the change, I don’t care what other people say, I like the character.
The dancer may have been intended to show off someone’s skills as an animator, but she sucks.
You know that sooner or later someone will write a mod that includes an anatomically correct pole dancer. In the mean time, call the dancer once, just so you can see why you won’t do it twice.
The most annoying part, thus far, is the lack of proper dialog once you become Sheogorath, I mean what’s the point of (mostly) becoming the Madgod, if there’s no option for madness, or at least silliness.
On the upside, when you first meet the Duchess she sends you out to find out who’s plotting against her and you get to torture people.
To defeat the Gatekeeper, I waited until mommy dearest visited him and he started to lean towards her, this is when he’s weakest.
I decided to become the Duke of Dementia because it didn’t require jumping through too many hoops. You just hunt the duchess down, kill her minions, and then kill her. (Kill ‘em all, let God sort ‘em out… It may lack subtlety, but it’s a great way of relieving stress.)
If it’s silver and moves -kill it.
Three hearts overload the obelisks, but those damn wizards can restart them, so kill the wizards first.
After you stop the obelisks in the courtyard Jyggalag appears.
Hit him with everything you’ve got while he’s still surrounded by the shiny clouds.
He’s no harder to kill than the Gatekeeper.
His sword is just a claymore in the player’s hands, so sell it.
You can go back and forth between the Shivering Isles and Cyrodiil, but some of the magic stuff doesn’t carry over and you can’t summon Haskil.
I’m currently playing a Nord in heavy armor.
He’s slower than glaciers and at this level, absolutely useless at sneak, but since getting lucky and defeating Umbra and taking her armor and sword, he can take one hell of a beating.
(If you weren’t aware of it, as long as you don’t complete the quest, Umbra remains at a weight of 0.)
So far, treachery is appreciated, almost all the townspeople hate me, I got to be the Madgod, and there are supposed to be an almost unlimited number of combat related quests.
Oh yeah, I can change the weather, Haskil says I effect the weather and the weather in turn effects me, this should be fun. .
I saved Oblivion at level 1 just before the tunnel gate so I could try different characters.
Soon it’ll be time for a Dark Elf in light armor, then I’ll try sneaky.