Oblibion Patch is out.

[Saxif]

http://www.fileplanet.com/164363/160000/fileinfo/Elder-Scrolls-IV:-Oblivion-Patch-v1.1

Duuno if any of you peeps r still playing about with this, I haven't touched it for some time, though intend to go back to it.

Sax.

[Lasiien]

Not playing it atm, but like Morrowind I'll probably pick it up again a few times in the next couple of years. Morrowind kept me entertained when bored for quite some time

[Cernos]

Also not playing it atm. I enjoyed it at first, but as I've levelled up I seem to have hit a point where all the plotline quests have got stupidly difficult (as they ramp up with your level). So I put it on the back burner. I don't think this is addressed in the patch, sadly. I'll probably pick it back up when they level out the curve (and also when they fix the screen blackouts in HDR mode bug, also I believe not fixed in the patch).

[Lasiien]

You can change the difficulty slider Cern, even mid game. Though some regard this as 'cheating' Don't see how you can cheat in a one player game really to be honest though

[Saxif]

I think the slider is for those who take the essentially non-combat route, mebbe playing a bard.  I have also found it is getting way harder like you Cern, but I am really close to being able to buy and cast a uber summoning spell all I need iirc is a couple lvls for more mana (I dont have nuf to even cast it yet) and some cash then I can summon up some serious mobs at which point I guess it'll get alot easier.

Also I dunno if you worked this out, but I recently found out what the 'stones' are for when you destroy an Oblivion Gate, you can add these 'stones' (forget what they are called) to your weapon and hey presto loadsa damage.  Problem is when you use them they eat mana, which means you need lots of Soul Stones to re-power them, I hadn't got to the point of smoothing this out so I keep running out of Sword Power half way through some quest and getting torn up pretty bad  : :rolleyes:

Sax.

[Cernos]

Yeah, I know about the difficulty slider and have used it once to get past an impossible quest (after over an hour of repeatedly trying I buckled and moved the slider to easy). But a difficulty slider is no substutite for a properly balanced level curve.
 
Will check out the stones, hadn't realised you could socket them into weapons.

[Saxif]

Some add damage, dome drain mana, some add to your con, they all have different effects and I guess as you get higher in lvl those effects scale with the difficulty of the environment.  My tank sword does about half again lightning damage now, so I actually cut mobs up pretty fast, I haven't played for awhile though so am not exactly sure how much extra.

Now I am in the mood to have another go at oblivion ... mebbe tomorrow night, also dl Infraview so I'll put a piccy up of a true Oblivion Stud!!

Sax.