Help! Oblivion 102 needed! (Spoiler)

Claudius · #1 (**permalink**) 05-20-2007, 04:23 PM

Ok I know what the buttons do for the most part and am 6th level going on 7th soon. I don't want to adopt ultra cheap strategies but I have found the enemy too strong in some cases. This is fine in random dungeons where I am scouting I see 5 strong goblins and decide its dumb to fight them so I sneak somewhere else. Thats a cool sense of realism. Everything shouldn't be a cakewalk.

My problem is the main quest. I have my hands full just fighting a clannfear runt. I enter the tower and I have to fight one runt PLUS two demon looking guys

Not good! I have the mod installed where you can level +5 if you gained in that attribute so that gives me some edge. But just how are people so good at this game? Is 6th level too low to try the main quest? I assumed it scaled to level anyways.

I have a suit of leather except for a light chain helm. A steel longsword and a steel shortsword (used to poison). Steel longbow and iron or steel arrows. The only magic item I found was the mercantile boosting suit I found.

Race Bosmer
Sign Thief
Class Skirmisher (Combat, Endurance, Luck)

Skills

Blade
Armorer
Block
Athletics
Light Armor
Sneak
Marksman

galraen · #2 (**permalink**) 05-20-2007, 04:39 PM

Have you tried poisoning your bow? Shooting whilst sneaking helps as well.

Plenty of healing potions linked to a hot key, block, swing, block, gulp etc. is one possibility. Having plenty of repair hammers is also a good idea.

Also just because destruction or restoration isn't a major shouldn't put you off using them. Shock works well against Dremora (the demon looking guys) and runts. Absorb health in between blocking also does the business in my experience.

Claudius · #3 (**permalink**) 05-20-2007, 05:33 PM

Thanks for the ideas, Galraen. I think I may need to make some potions/poisons, buy some spells, etc.. Looks like I'll have to regroup.

Edit: This game is terrible. Anytime there is more than one strong monster or bandit I get crushed no matter if I am drinking potions and poisoning. I can't go anywhere without getting my butt kicked. What a waste of time and money!

Fratila Iulian · #4 (**permalink**) 05-20-2007, 09:57 PM

don't get discouraged from the beginning. i'm level 42 and completed the main quest, the mages, fighters and thieves quilds quest and it wasn't easy always. if you advance in level so are your enemies. try changing your weapons. as you advance you can find better weapons than you have. what you have is not the best. look at the weapons attributes. get better armor too. and always keep them repaired for maximum damage. conjuration helps because you can summon a creature to fight alongside you. this is a major help. i couldn't have done most of the fights without my best friend, the storm atronach. loot the bodies of enemies for their weapons and armor. leather is a very weak armor. change to other armor, even if it is heavier. also, you should choose a path: light armor or heavy armor and wear only that so your light/heavy armor skill can increase at its best. shoot arrows from far in sneak mode at the enemies.

Claudius · #5 (**permalink**) 05-22-2007, 01:03 PM

I got further but its always the same. I get some abilities and gear and then out pops some monsters I never seen who crush me. And repeatedly. All the sudden the land that was populated by wolves and goblins is riddled with spriggans and will o the wisps. I suppose it keeps me from becoming 'overpowered' but I think it would be nice as the game progresses to not 'always' be outgunned. A spriggan takes charges of my enchanted blade to kill (or I die) and then leaves only a 2 gp taproot. ughh. I only managed to kill one will o the wisp by using my most expensive blade and draining it. then I get 40 gp glow dust.

The only way to survive is to go to area I know spawns humans and repeatedly kill them and sell armor. And all so I can gain levels and everything gets even harder???

Assassin Reaper · #6 (**permalink**) 05-22-2007, 05:05 PM

first scrap that idea just level up on side missions

Indianasmith · #7 (**permalink**) 05-22-2007, 10:29 PM

But it gets easier! Use your skills, make the enemy play your game. Sneak with an enchanted bow is cool, you do 3X damage and can get in two or more hits before they see you. If the monsters have just levelled up, try doing some levelling up in a controlled environment . . . like the arena. Don't rush the main quest! It will sit there forever. Do Fighter's Guild, Arena, Thieve's Guild, or just raid some bandit ruins. The higher you get, the easier the game becomes. Once you get much past 20, there is nothing you can't take - though some of them will give you a tougher fight than others.

PS USE DOORS! Clannfears and Runts can't go through doors, Dremoras can. Let them chase you through the door, take them down one at a time, then go through and kill the Clannfear Runt.

Belthan · #8 (**permalink**) 05-22-2007, 10:59 PM

Mid levels are definitely the hardest because of the way monsters and NPCs level with you. At lower levels you run into relatively weaker creatures and after level 40 or so you can keep leveling up but the baddies don't get any harder.

Also, you can go to the options menu and move the difficulty slider to the left a bit if you need a little bit of an edge.

Claudius · #9 (**permalink**) 05-23-2007, 11:59 PM

I solved my woes in a way that I think makes me my own dungeon master. I choose utility skills as my major none that really needs to advance but I can advance them if I want.

Armorer
Athletics
Mercantile
Acrobatics
Security
Sneek
Restoration

All slow advancers. If I really want to advance a level I can power level up sneak by locking the button in a sweet spot. Thats good for still 7 level ups. The others level as I explore more territory. I don't feel its mandatory to hit 40th level. I just want to pace the game better.

Pretty neat.

Fratila Iulian · #10 (**permalink**) 05-24-2007, 03:24 AM

don't worry. i am level 42, have almost all my skills and attributes maxed, some of them boosted further than maximum with magic items, and still liches and wraiths and other creatures scare the hell out of me. they are very tough. usually i shoot them in sneak mode to get their attention, conjure a storm atronach and run. the game gets easier, meaning that as your marksman, blade, strength advance you can kill many creatures more easily, especially people. but some of them are a tough challenge at any time. i do not recommend power leveling. i did that, jumped 10 levels by increasing my conjuration skill. but all the others remained the same (i was new in the game). the first fight i got into after was a surprise. new powerful creatures that were beating the hell out of me. fortunately i got conjuration high enough to conjure a storm atronach and even the balance. However, the higher the level you are, the better is the loot.