Elder Scrolls: Morrowind + expansions

[Orfinn]

Since we have the Oblivion thread up and running, why not discuss the older ES game? I have propably played Morrowind so much that my eyes bleed because its such a fantastic game!

Right now Im playing around with my Dark Elf templar guy searching for vampires. But hey wheres the vamps? I heard there are 3 clans of the vamps around in the east, south- east part of the island, in the Molag Mar regions. So I have searched high and low for their whereabouts but havent found any sign of the vamps and yes I have searched the net for any solution but noone with a good detailed guide how to find them, the only hints I have is that they are around a mountain or mountains in the Molag region to the east. Im just starting to give up the whole thing and return to my duties as an Imperial soldier unless some of you people know where the vamps hide

It would help so much because I also want to rip the vampires apart with my werewolf nord

[Corribus]

I was exploring yesterday and found some. I was walking from Telasero, the Dunmer Stronghold between Suran and Molag Mar, towards Suran, and I found a few Ancestral Tombs. One of them was littered with Vampires. I killed them all gleefully (filthy vermin).

[Orfinn]

Thanks for the tip, still I need to find those vampire clans

[Corribus]

I was dungeon crawling last night on Sheodograd (or whatever) and I killed a dremora who had a Daedric Battle Axe. He almost killed me with two blows of that thing, but now it's MINE. SWEET. Now I just need to find some better armor, and not only because the Dwarven crap just looks ridiculous...

[Orfinn]

The dwarven stuff may look crappy but is excellent in the beginning. BTW: which kind of character are you?

[Corribus]

The dwarven stuff may look crappy but is excellent in the beginning. BTW: which kind of character are you?

Yeah the Dwarven armor is pretty good defense-wise. But now I'm level 18 and the random dungeon creatures are getting more difficult - I need to find an upgrade (although I did manage to steel a sweet piece of armor from one of the elven towers that afford 60% magic resistance - but its defense rating isn't high enough for when I'm fighting orcs and the like). Every time I see a guard wearing some of the glass armor I'm very tempted to mug him and make a run for it .

I'm a Nord Crusader (or whatever the holy-type warrior is). Unoriginal, I know - but in solo RPGs I can't stand being a wizard, especially in the beginning. Seems like I'm always getting killed by anything larger than a bumblebee..

[Orfinn]

OKi. Im a lvl 30 nord with white wolf fur armor and full set of glass armor, those served me well uinder the Bloodmoon campaign
So now I have this werewolf ring and rippiong stuff apart, man it takes alot before you get killed as a ww and the jumping distance is awesome. Oh you know the wizard that falls from the sky in the start? its hilarious!! Picked up the scoll he had, saved and gave itt a shot man i flew sky high in seconds!!!! But the landing was a bit hard Classic!

[Corribus]

I don't have either of the expansions. Are they worth it?

[Ethric]

Blood Moon is more of an addition (which I haven't explored fully yet), while, err, the other one (can't recall name atm) is a bit weird as the new places aren't on the map, can't levitate there either (can't levitate at all in Oblivion, boooh!). I have both expansions as I'm the sort of person that NEEDS expansions if I'm going to play a game But the core Morrowind game is still the bread and butter. Expansions gains you the usual stuff, more plot and more stuff and quests. Good addition in content as expansions go. Not superspectacular, but very decent.

Oh yeah, vampires, reminds me of another grudge against Oblivion, please follow me back to that thread

[Orfinn]

The first expansion is named Tribunal, Bloodmoon is the second
Yeah I felt that BM was more of an expansion than Tribunal, thanks to the werewolf ability, a whole new island called Solsteim among snow, wolves, bears and barbarians with a touch of norse culture

[Campaigner]

I've never played any Morrowind game. Tell me why I should.

And how close is it to Diablo II: Lord of Destruction and Dungeon Siege II ?

[Ethric]

It's as similar to Diablo as... as two things that are really, really different. A first person RPG with a high "wander of and explore and forget what the main quest was again"-factor. Think it possible you wouldn't like it, many find it too "loose".

[Orfinn]

Yeah you get tons of stuff to solve and explore, no wonder you get overwhelmed. While at it my journal is very long now ca 300 pages I think

[Corribus]

*BUMP*

I'm having a strange Morrowind problem. I'm trying to kind of bludgeon my way through the end of this game. I've actually grown somewhat bored with it because the game ceased being a challenge some 20 levels ago. Nobody can even touch me - I can beat even the toughest warriors to death with just my fists. But that's beside the point -

The point is that I am just trying to finish up the game now and the strangest problem has started to plague me. Every now and then the game crashes right to the desktop, which isn't that big a deal, but now the game starts crashing the whole computer. And by crashing the whole computer, I don't mean that it freezes up the computer and I have to reboot. It actually shuts the power down on my computer. The computer just turns off.

At first I thought maybe it was something wrong with the computer, but this only happens when I'm playing Morrowind, sometimes at least once every 15 minutes. Strange, no? Anyone ever hear of a software problem actually shutting your computer OFF?

[Orfinn]

Hmm, I had a similar problem, not only with Morrowind. I played way to long ca 10 hours or so, no wonder my computer shut down, overheating or something. Dont know anything which could cause such immediate shutdown for you

[Corribus]

Hmm, I had a similar problem, not only with Morrowind. I played way to long ca 10 hours or so, no wonder my computer shut down, overheating or something. Dont know anything which could cause such immediate shutdown for you

I was thinking maybe it was overheating. I have been playing it on my laptop, which I can't imagine is as efficient as cooling itself as a desktop PC. The only thing that is really strange is that it only started happening recently.

Anyway, I actually finally finished the game yesterday. My overall impression is that while the game did a fabulous job of creating atmosphere (the depth of the history and mythology of Morrowind was incredible and really drew you in), I felt that it was way too easy (after achieving about level 10, I was unstoppable - and Dagoth Ur and his little playmates were laughably easy to kill), had too few creatures to fight and not enough character specialization. Overall I'd give it an 8/10.

[Orfinn]

Agree, except I didnt start to kick everyones ass before level 25 or so, didnt plan my level ups, skills etc carefully enough, since it was my first time in Morrowind.

[V3N0M]

The most dangeroeus stuff are NPC's and if you get into a fight with someone that is way beyond your capacities you can get killed. But after level 20 or after you ged Wraithguard it's all easy.
I myself have all expansions and I can't get enough of it, I have 5 characters (to fit my mood, I like to stay in character):
A kajiit thief:devious:, an empireal holy knight(custom class):D, a dunmer assasin:devil:, a female breton white wizard(c. c.):-) and an orc warrior:mad:. And If I get stuck anywhere I can find it with TES Construction Set(but I don't like to cheat so I try not to).

As for the bugs, have you tryed dwloading the patch and all?

[Akul]

Anyway, I actually finally finished the game yesterday. My overall impression is that while the game did a fabulous job of creating atmosphere (the depth of the history and mythology of Morrowind was incredible and really drew you in), I felt that it was way too easy (after achieving about level 10, I was unstoppable - and Dagoth Ur and his little playmates were laughably easy to kill), had too few creatures to fight and not enough character specialization. Overall I'd give it an 8/10.

Thats why I like level scaling in OB. There is always challenge (at least for a wizard). If it was better balanced....
But back on topic. You should buy Morrowind GOTY whic has both MW and expansion. At least in my country, GOTY is cheaper then the expansions tough it has theme both in it
Both expansions give hard challenges with will remain challanges when you end their MQ's

[cornellian]

That's the problem with first person RPGs: they tend to favor powergaming. Not that I'm saying you are powergaming, it is just that you get too powerful after a certain point that the game ceases to be a challenge and becomes a rather tedious shoot 'em up.. This was a problem in Morrowind, but it certainly is a huge problem in Oblivion, for at least in Morrowind you could only get your hands in the good stuff late in the game, and the game is more immersive than its sequel; though I must add that a single constant health ring is semi-god mode itself.