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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind |OT| All These Flavours and You Choose Vanilla? [Now Included in Xbox/PC Game Pass]
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Does the webstore match your region (en-US, en-CA etc. in the URL)?
Yeah. I even removed my card from my account and re-entered it. Still telling me no payment options on record. But I can buy normal xbox one games fine.
Another few things I like to do at the beginning
Finish delivering the package to get a bit of chump change. Sell off loot/stolen goods in Balmora.
Silt Strider to Suran, buy broken glass dagger from outfitter. Repair and sell it to the Creeper in Caldera (strider to Balmoral and Mage's Guild Teleport is probably easiest route).
Steal the Sword of White Woe in one of the Balmoral watch towers. It is sitting on top of a closet, there is a guard near by. If you get caught you need to reload. The price of this sword is huge and the bounty is so high it automatically skips the arrest warrant and you get a kill on site warrant. There is no yield, only a few ways to get out of this so I don't recommend it sticking to it.
Chameleon ring is also a nice item to get early but it also trivialises the game a bit.
Dont wear ordinator armor in front of ordinators... They hold grudges.
Finish delivering the package to get a bit of chump change. Sell off loot/stolen goods in Balmora.
Silt Strider to Suran, buy broken glass dagger from outfitter. Repair and sell it to the Creeper in Caldera (strider to Balmoral and Mage's Guild Teleport is probably easiest route).
Steal the Sword of White Woe in one of the Balmoral watch towers. It is sitting on top of a closet, there is a guard near by. If you get caught you need to reload. The price of this sword is huge and the bounty is so high it automatically skips the arrest warrant and you get a kill on site warrant. There is no yield, only a few ways to get out of this so I don't recommend it sticking to it.
Chameleon ring is also a nice item to get early but it also trivialises the game a bit.
Dont wear ordinator armor in front of ordinators... They hold grudges.
I used to have a "startup checklist" for every character I made, much like yours. I would add that one should also visit Caldera and raid the Orc's crate. I believe you get a piece of Orcish armor which you can immediately sell to Creeper. From there, start pooling funds and training one weapon skill and your speechcraft. From there, taunt guards into attacking you, keep killing them and selling their armor. Use the money to level up. Boom. Best game ever.
Is there something wrong with MGE XE? First time playing and only two hours in but it looks great to me, though I'm only using it for 1080p, AA and AF.
Nothing wrong with it that I know of. Before I used OpenMW, MGE XE was how I got those higher resolutions.
Problem is, again, that this is just a workaround. You don't have to utilize any workarounds to play the game at a higher resolution, with great controller support, on an Xbox One.
The atmosphere of this game is still incredible even after all these years. Even though I've played through this game numerous times I can still wander around for hours exploring. It's a shame they can't add achievements to these though. I don't usually care about them, but I'd definitely go for all of them in this.
I always grab White Woe right off the bat as well. Pretty solid weapon for beginning the early levels.
That's not nostalgia goggles; that's truth. Morrowind had much more diversity of both scenery and culture than either Oblivion or Skyrim. And it was just weirder. Oblivion and Skyrim were both quite normalized and even homogenized in comparison.
Me and a friend use to stay at each other's houses for weeks and play this game side by side with two TVs and Xbox's. I remember having a house in bahomora that displayed all my helmets.I use to steal every lantern I could find to create lights up my stairs going up to the second story. The amount of freedom with the magic system has always been one of the greatest features. Anyone remember using spells to get training for 1 gold
Does anyone remember who to talk to for stat restoration? My Willpower's affected, but the cast chance for the Restore Willpower spell is somehow zero.
Thanks! I remember in middle school, my younger brother (1 year) would always tell me about this game that his school friend had and how good it was. At that point we didn't have an Xbox so we never played, but fast forward to today when I finally bought it and will be jumping in for the first time. My brother and I gameshare so he's also psyched lol. We both love all elder scroll/fallout games.
Fair enough, just surprised you could get that excited over vanilla ass Morrowind because you don't have to download a couple of fixes.
Was looking to buy this last night but didn't find it, ultimately ended with me playing Oblivion. The game looks gorgeous one the One X when in dense wooded areas but really ugly when you're in open areas.
It's crazy to me that we can now play Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim on one home console 'upgraded' to keep visuals from looking horribly dated. Then I'd imagine the next Xbox will keep all these capabilities and it'll hopefully keep increasing.
It's crazy to me that we can now play Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim on one home console 'upgraded' to keep visuals from looking horribly dated. Then I'd imagine the next Xbox will keep all these capabilities and it'll hopefully keep increasing.
3rd best game of all time.
Buy/play this people.
Still dunno why PC version never got good controller support via mods....
Buy/play this people.
Still dunno why PC version never got good controller support via mods....
Try praying at a shrine, either in the Imperial Cult or at a Tribunal Temple. There are temples in most towns, and cult shrines in the various forts.
TL;DR, 60 FPS with drops to the low 50s in a few places on Xbox One X, and to the low 40s in the same areas on Xbox One S. However, the framerate is otherwise a stable 60, far and improved over the original Xbox version, which could barely maintain the same.
Will be happy to hear about everyone's experiences, be it a revisit or first go at Morrowind. Will be adding my own views, too.
Morrowind sure didn't age as well as other Xbox Originals, but there is so much substance to admire that I can accept this shortcoming. Combat will be harder to swallow.
Morrowind sure didn't age as well as other Xbox Originals, but there is so much substance to admire that I can accept this shortcoming. Combat will be harder to swallow.
The one thing I hated about this game was that there was no easy way to track missions. Everything was written in the exact order you did things in.
Got a mission from Bob in town 1.
Got a mission from Sue in town 1.
Got that thing for Bob.
Got a mission from Cat Lady in town 3.
Delivered thing to Bob.
Found thing for Cat Lady.
Got mission from Lizard Guy in town 5.
It was hard to follow when you started filling pages and had to go back and find the page that listed what you had to do for someone.
Other than that, the game was fun and the environments were so varied. Never got bored.
Got a mission from Bob in town 1.
Got a mission from Sue in town 1.
Got that thing for Bob.
Got a mission from Cat Lady in town 3.
Delivered thing to Bob.
Found thing for Cat Lady.
Got mission from Lizard Guy in town 5.
It was hard to follow when you started filling pages and had to go back and find the page that listed what you had to do for someone.
Other than that, the game was fun and the environments were so varied. Never got bored.
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Dang.
I remember reading that they were putting it in in previews way back when, must have gotten pulled.
I only ever played the original release (besides a few aborted attempts at the pc version)
I had forgotten how much I hated the journal back then. I'm actually writing them down in a notebook and seperating them from what city or area I got the quests in so I won't get confused.
It also took me 3 characters to get in the groove. Had to resort to my favorite race the Redguards to get there. They're usually the 1st character/race I create, but was going for a change of pace trying out the Bosmer and Altmer.
It also took me 3 characters to get in the groove. Had to resort to my favorite race the Redguards to get there. They're usually the 1st character/race I create, but was going for a change of pace trying out the Bosmer and Altmer.
I have to admit, it's kind of nice playing without mods. It has been easy to forget how much I liked the original game long before I started playing it on PC. I'm going to try a pure magic build, something I've never managed to do despite playing 200+ hours. So far it has been a lot easier since you don't have to worry about missing twenty swings in a row.
I'm doing the same thing, there is no way I would remember some of these quests if I had to rely on the ingame journal.
I'm doing the same thing, there is no way I would remember some of these quests if I had to rely on the ingame journal.
Sure, I've always said when people ask me why BC excites me, that Good Games Stay Good. I'm not sure a ton of modern games (outside of visual advantages of being modern) really stack up that well.
Game was so ahead of its time
Every playthrough I would always go through the process of creating my own town and getting vendors and people to move into the houses. Ahead of its time
Every playthrough I would always go through the process of creating my own town and getting vendors and people to move into the houses. Ahead of its time
Any one ever find that ebony shortsword on Odai Plateau where the House Hlaalu stronghold is built? Remember stumbling onto this back in the day, you can get it super early, easy 5k from Creeper/10k from mudcrab merchant or use it if its the best you got. Also I always get the Boethia quest going as early as possible to get Goldbrand, my fave weapon.
Been having a blast being back in Morrowind again. I think not having the option to mod is what I needed to stop tinkering with the game and actually stick with a playthrough after all these years.
Has anyone tried to stream the game on Mixer? I was trying last night and it seemed like all the stream got was a black screen. Seemed to be a game-specific problem as it was showing Panzer Dragoon Orta immediately when I switched.
Has anyone tried to stream the game on Mixer? I was trying last night and it seemed like all the stream got was a black screen. Seemed to be a game-specific problem as it was showing Panzer Dragoon Orta immediately when I switched.
I'd like to see a before/after video. Original Xbox vs. 1X -- graphics, not framerate, that is. I'm sure someone will put one together eventually.
Female redguard born under the Lady used to be my go-to for a great start. Medium armor, big two-hander... hmmm you are making me want to reinstall the game!
What builds are y'all going for? I posted an image of my own build two pages ago, but no one responded. :(
I'm doing the same thing except my Redguard is a male!
Redguard barbarian under The Lady stone.
I've tried a few mage builds before, but always ended up switch to melee eventually. Hopefully this time I'll be able to stick to it. I couldn't resist giving myself a weapon as a major skill, but I held off on the armor (although maybe unarmored ends up overpowered, I can't remember if it was good or bad).
Redguard with the Lady starts you off with a boatload of Endurance, which is the only stat where it matters when you level it. The earlier you level Endurance, the more health you'll have. I always found that very handy.
As for build I usually do something like:
custom class (insert name here)
Endurance/strength
Major Skills
1. light or medium armor (heavy armor weighs so much that I'm leaving loot behind)
2. Melee weapon skill of choice ( I like blunt weapon or long blade)
3. Marksman
4. Speechcraft
5. Restoration (restore stamina, health and attributes is so handy)
Minor skill
6. Athletics
7. Enchant (train this up, to get more use out off all the enchanted items I'll acquire)
8. Alteration (water walking, water breathing, levitate, open lock... so many useful skills!)
9. Mysticism (travel skills and telekinesis)
10. Pick what suits the character. Armorer is handy for repairing my own gear. With restoration I don't need it as a class skill though. Sneak is great if I want to steal or assassinate, so is illusion. Acrobatics is great too; jump while walking and travel faster! Alchemy is good as well, lots of fun effects. Really, I pick what fits the character.
This is well-rounded character that should be able to handle most things and join most guilds. I sometimes swap marksman for destruction and Speechcraft for illusion, making the last skill conjuration for a battlemage. At that point I won't have a lot of magicka though with the Redguard/lady combo, and I'll change to a Breton or Altmer, or chose a mage orientated birth sign instead.
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I'm not sure if its the same with the xbox version, but on the PC unarmored was broken and would only work if you equipped one piece of armor. Else you had no effective armor rating at all.
As for build I usually do something like:
custom class (insert name here)
Endurance/strength
Major Skills
1. light or medium armor (heavy armor weighs so much that I'm leaving loot behind)
2. Melee weapon skill of choice ( I like blunt weapon or long blade)
3. Marksman
4. Speechcraft
5. Restoration (restore stamina, health and attributes is so handy)
Minor skill
6. Athletics
7. Enchant (train this up, to get more use out off all the enchanted items I'll acquire)
8. Alteration (water walking, water breathing, levitate, open lock... so many useful skills!)
9. Mysticism (travel skills and telekinesis)
10. Pick what suits the character. Armorer is handy for repairing my own gear. With restoration I don't need it as a class skill though. Sneak is great if I want to steal or assassinate, so is illusion. Acrobatics is great too; jump while walking and travel faster! Alchemy is good as well, lots of fun effects. Really, I pick what fits the character.
This is well-rounded character that should be able to handle most things and join most guilds. I sometimes swap marksman for destruction and Speechcraft for illusion, making the last skill conjuration for a battlemage. At that point I won't have a lot of magicka though with the Redguard/lady combo, and I'll change to a Breton or Altmer, or chose a mage orientated birth sign instead.
Edit:
I'm not sure if its the same with the xbox version, but on the PC unarmored was broken and would only work if you equipped one piece of armor. Else you had no effective armor rating at all.
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How exactly does enemy respawning work? I was under the impression that enemies took three days to respawn if you don't dispose of corpses, but I just had a room repopulate as soon as I left and reentered. Does the Xbox version immediately despawn monster corpses to save on memory?
I forgot how absurd the mage guild quest line is. Helping someone who is writing lengthy reports so they can get promoted to journeyman and two short fetch quests later beating her to it.
That sounds right, I thought I remembered something weird about the skill.
Voice acting ruined dialog in RPG's. you could do so much more in-depth conversations when it's text based.
YAS.
I finally got the Dark Brotherhood armor set. And all it took was getting beaten within an inch of my life.
Huzzah.
I finally got the Dark Brotherhood armor set. And all it took was getting beaten within an inch of my life.
Huzzah.
I built a Dunmer Paladin, basically. Long Blade, Heavy Armor, Athletics, Speechcraft and Mercantile in major, most magic schools (bar conjuration) in minor. Lady stone as sign.
I cannot wait to jump back in. Morrowind was my first real introduction to RPGs and I have some of my fondest gaming memories exploring the world.
It's also the only Elder Scrolls game, in my opinion, with good looking glass armour / weapons.
It's also the only Elder Scrolls game, in my opinion, with good looking glass armour / weapons.