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Morrowind has been one of my all time favorite games for 20 years. It's cool that you don't like it, I don't mind. But, I do not think it's fair to say that the

by vcxy 5y ago

Morrowind has been one of my all time favorite games for 20 years. It's cool that you don't like it, I don't mind. But, I do not think it's fair to say that the scaling content in Morrowind removes player agency. Having parts of a game be inaccessible because of artificially stronger enemies is just weird to me, and I think would actually remove player agency in an elder scrolls game. There's no need to plan out your leveling in Morrowind. You feel you have to because you like to min-max I guess? But that misses the point of a game like this entirely. Which, again, is fine. To each their own. You don't prefer games preferentially focusing on atmosphere, world building, role playing, lore. Obviously you wouldn't say no to those things, but it sounds like they're less important (compared to combat mechanics, e.g.) for you than me. Similarly, the only MMO that is remotely enjoyable for me is elder scrolls online. It's not for an easy mode. WOW isn't hard. It's just annoying (to me, if that needs to be said).

jmyeet 5y ago
I didn't play Morrowind. I started to play Skyrim but once I realized I was dealing with a scaling system I went digging. You can level too fast in Bethesda games (eg [1]). I believe this was worse in Oblivion but it's still an issue. The problem is it forces me into decisions I don't want to make. I don't want to choose between levelling too fast and potentially making my experience playing the game worse (since enemies may get more relatively powerful). There is a world of difference betweenn monotonically increasing character power and character power that might decrease. That turned me off the entire game. [1]: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36050/are-there-any-disadvantages-to-leveling-too-fast-in-skyrim https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36050/are-there-a...
Bancakes 5y ago
Morrowind becomes too easy an hour in - you make some 99dmg fire enchantments and kill everything in a few hits. I found I would rather kill 3x stronger enemies for 3x the reward. And even then, I was already stashing millions' worth in armor and weapons I could not possibly sell to a NPC.
- singron 5y ago
  Enchanting in Morrowind is very easy to cheese. First, you iteratively make intelligence potions, which boost the potency of your intelligence potions. After your intelligence is in the 1000s, you can successfully enchant overpowered effects. You can also just not do that though. I did it after a while for fun, but the game was a lot more fulfilling when I had to find good items in the world.

by vcxy 5y ago

jmyeet 5y ago

I didn't play Morrowind. I started to play Skyrim but once I realized I was dealing with a scaling system I went digging. You can level too fast in Bethesda games (eg [1]). I believe this was worse in Oblivion but it's still an issue. The problem is it forces me into decisions I don't want to make. I don't want to choose between levelling too fast and potentially making my experience playing the game worse (since enemies may get more relatively powerful). There is a world of difference betweenn monotonically increasing character power and character power that might decrease. That turned me off the entire game. [1]: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36050/are-there-any-disadvantages-to-leveling-too-fast-in-skyrim https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/36050/are-there-a...

Bancakes 5y ago

Morrowind becomes too easy an hour in - you make some 99dmg fire enchantments and kill everything in a few hits. I found I would rather kill 3x stronger enemies for 3x the reward. And even then, I was already stashing millions' worth in armor and weapons I could not possibly sell to a NPC.

singron 5y ago
Enchanting in Morrowind is very easy to cheese. First, you iteratively make intelligence potions, which boost the potency of your intelligence potions. After your intelligence is in the 1000s, you can successfully enchant overpowered effects. You can also just not do that though. I did it after a while for fun, but the game was a lot more fulfilling when I had to find good items in the world.