JoJangles on 27/11/2002 at 00:19

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Hmm... I can't exactly remember how major/minor skills work with how good they are... but just think of all the skills you use in your everyday life, and make those your major/minor ones. endurance, acrobatics too! as for more detailed

Major/Minor:
long blade
heavy armor
medium armor
smithing
acrobatics

endurance
axe(if you want to be cool and use an axe)
then three more of whatever you want

Remember, pick skills you will actually use. If you wanted to be a hybrid (which would be more powerful) pick restoration and I think illusion, because clicky items get more usage with increased illusion skill.

As far as race, Nord is best(better than Orc) because they have higher resistances and some other crap I don't care about. The difference isn't large.

As for stats, STR is the key stat here, and whatever helps you hit mobs. Then health/consitution whatever.

As for 'what to do', firstly go find the uhh...

[SPOILER]Dren plantation. In the major building is some money and armor. In an elevated wooden building on the farms is a guy with a daedric dai-katana.[/SPOILER]

Oh, as for to why you would use a 2 hander, well, shields cover too much screen area, and you get more dmg with a 2hander. Damage is VERY key later in the game.

[SPOILER]In Balmora there is a mage's guild. This mage's guild has like, good stuff to steal. Steal it and exploit your way out of the guards and stuff. [/SPOILER]

Have fun!

One key thing I would do if I started a new computer, is press `, type in

player-> setspeed 500

and

player-> setacrobatics 200

Would make the game much more enjoyable /grin. (and shorter to!) while not entirely making it super easy(it's already very easy)

with this combination, you should be able to do anything in MW at level 18ish if you have daedric/ebony armor, a daedric dai-katana, and some enchanted stuff heh.

JoJangles on 28/11/2002 at 00:51

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Hmm,
whoops! I meant athletics not endurance =) Sorry I haven't really played MW since abotu 3 weeks after it came out... oh and I meant character not computer.

Yeah I know it's cheating, and after playing so many role playing games Idon't give a shit whether I'm 'pure' or not. I play single player games purely for enjoyment, not 'boasting' skills. So what if I don't have to spend 90% of my time(and if you do as much as I did, you WILL spend that much time) walking around wondering wtf I'm doing... I'm just saying that would be more enjoyable. Besides, unless you get a strategy guide, or like, are extremely careful, I see no way that you could beat Mw the first time without having to edit it, haha I remember when I looted then tossed some skull thing, man I was pissed once I figured out I needed that for A_Shitty_Quest_098..

Yeah, maxing endurance is a good idea because you'll end up with more hps... or does the hp adjust retroactively? I think it might, but MW's algorithms are so shitty it might not. Of course by the time you're at the level to where this matters, you're so godly who cares? /grin

Why not heavier armor?

Have you tried using a bow? I mean when I was more or less finished I did some cosmetics with Tuco and tried using a daedric bow with some daedric arrows, I set both my str and dex to like, 1000, and my archery skill to 1000, and my arrows were STILL very shit against the random guards I killed. Sure, it's incredibly easy to exploit with arrows (stand on beds etc) but it's so damn slow. As I remember it a while ago, it took like 3 arrows CHEATING with that 1000 crap instead of one axe slash (daedric axe, unenchanted) without cheating. Oh well...

1 handed swords are good if you want a shield, but you don't need it at the 'high end' (or lack thereof).

JoJangles on 28/11/2002 at 10:33

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What enemies were you attacking? I landed myself fighting guards in one of the ... uhh... mages faction city things? Redoran? Hell I can't remember...

and yeah, cheating does make things boring if you make yourself godly. but having lots of speed only effects how long it takes you to get to a fight, not how quick you finish it =)

And hell, with MW's shit coding, I 'saved' some crappy items in some chest, went back to get it and had to kill the ... one of the fighter's guild! ta! Some stuff looks like A Waste of Space though, I mean, 'A Skull' really...

EvolGrinZ on 28/11/2002 at 11:28

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I'm fighting those monsters in the wilderness (outside) with my bow, especially those flying things.
But when they get too close I switch to my Sunder to finish them off.

Maybe another idea:
Leave everything you find on its place, unless you realy can use it. That way you can always find stuff back if you need it for a quest.

btw cheating is cheating and there is no exception for it.
If you want to run faster from the beginning then choose the birthsign with the horse (can't remember the name) that gives you fortify speed 25pts.

JoJangles on 28/11/2002 at 14:12

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Heh, purists...

Anyway, depending on your level(the raising of the mob's level based on your level is capped off for creatures) it really doesn't matter shit if you can kill mudcrabs. I mean, Tuco can give one of those flying pieces of shit a dirty look and kill them...

As for cheating. Hell like I said I played MW not to say, 'omg omg I beat this easy game without cheating' No, I didn't play it for that. I played it so I could have fun. Excuse me if walking through the same damn place 20 times isn't my idea of fun. If you look down on me because I changed it so I could just fly past, then a hearty fuck you can be delivered to your door step.

Regardless, any half ass wit who makes a warrior class will find an unedited MW extremely easy. Boring if you don't like walking, but easy none-the-less.

I really think, knowing what I know, that I could beat MW without cheating if I never leveled up (pick skills for minor/major I never use etc), and just stayed level one. It's that easy.