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There's a recurring joke in the Morrowind community that the best way to play it is by hurting yourself enough to get amnesia and then playing it. I know by no

by pradn 4y ago

There's a recurring joke in the Morrowind community that the best way to play it is by hurting yourself enough to get amnesia and then playing it. I know by now my favorite play style (Dark Elf, long sword, heavy armor, destruction magic). But I need to branch out to try something else, but then I won't be playing my favorite way! Magic in particular is pretty difficult to work with in this game. I still remember discovering the mushroom buildings of Seyda Neen.

galangalalgol 4y ago
For me it was always about the meta game. The alchemy loop was fun to find once, but then so broken as to be boring. The enchanting system was so rediculously powerful that it made everything trivial, but somehow in a fun way. Always on levitation, spell reflection, and spells that could literally annihilate anyone outdoors as I flew into a city apocalypse-style and cast once and everyone fell down.
- pradn 4y ago
  These sorta broken systems were a bit part of the charm of the game :)
- havblue 4y ago
  The jump spell for travel was fun as well as long as you don't jump as high as the yellow fur hat guy at the start.
xdavidliu 4y ago
there are no mushroom buildings in seyda neen. youre thinking of Aldruhn
- pradn 4y ago
  Oops I'm thinking of Sadrith Mora! Aldruhn has the giant crab shell building.
  - xdavidliu 4y ago
    ah, my correction stands corrected. It is definitely Sadrith Mora (along with pretty much every other Telvanni town).
- intrepidhero 4y ago
  I thought Aldruhn was made of giant bug shells? Sadrith Mora has the Telvanni Council which is in a living building same as any of the Telvanni towers in the east: Tel Mora, Tel Aruhn, etc. https://en.uesp.net/maps/mwmap/mwmap.shtml https://en.uesp.net/maps/mwmap/mwmap.shtml
wincy 4y ago
Huh, I only played like an hour of Morrowind. Giant fleas and I found some boots that made me jump into the air and die. Maybe I should try it. I beat Skyrim and Oblivion, it's just hard with the graphics and I feel like I've been waiting on Skywind or whatever that mod is called.
- pradn 4y ago
  FWIW, the modern graphics mods improve every texture, the draw distance, and atmospheric effects. Some of the game play like how a sword can look like it hit, but did not, are more of an obstacle I think.
- jhgb 4y ago
  > and I found some boots that made me jump into the air and die You're probably the first person I've ever seen to have confused the Scroll of Icarian Flight with the Boots of Blinding Speed. ;)
rjknight 4y ago
I remember a mission where I had to visit Tel Branora, a Telvanni tower (I think it was the beginning of the quest line to become head of House Telvanni). As it happened, the weather was foggy, so I got quite close to the tower before it suddenly loomed up out of the fog in front of me. I've never been quite so stunned by anything in a game before or since.

by pradn 4y ago

galangalalgol 4y ago

For me it was always about the meta game. The alchemy loop was fun to find once, but then so broken as to be boring. The enchanting system was so rediculously powerful that it made everything trivial, but somehow in a fun way. Always on levitation, spell reflection, and spells that could literally annihilate anyone outdoors as I flew into a city apocalypse-style and cast once and everyone fell down.

pradn 4y ago
These sorta broken systems were a bit part of the charm of the game :)
havblue 4y ago
The jump spell for travel was fun as well as long as you don't jump as high as the yellow fur hat guy at the start.

xdavidliu 4y ago

there are no mushroom buildings in seyda neen. youre thinking of Aldruhn

pradn 4y ago
Oops I'm thinking of Sadrith Mora! Aldruhn has the giant crab shell building.
- xdavidliu 4y ago
  ah, my correction stands corrected. It is definitely Sadrith Mora (along with pretty much every other Telvanni town).
intrepidhero 4y ago
I thought Aldruhn was made of giant bug shells? Sadrith Mora has the Telvanni Council which is in a living building same as any of the Telvanni towers in the east: Tel Mora, Tel Aruhn, etc. https://en.uesp.net/maps/mwmap/mwmap.shtml https://en.uesp.net/maps/mwmap/mwmap.shtml

wincy 4y ago

Huh, I only played like an hour of Morrowind. Giant fleas and I found some boots that made me jump into the air and die. Maybe I should try it. I beat Skyrim and Oblivion, it's just hard with the graphics and I feel like I've been waiting on Skywind or whatever that mod is called.

pradn 4y ago
FWIW, the modern graphics mods improve every texture, the draw distance, and atmospheric effects. Some of the game play like how a sword can look like it hit, but did not, are more of an obstacle I think.
jhgb 4y ago
> and I found some boots that made me jump into the air and die You're probably the first person I've ever seen to have confused the Scroll of Icarian Flight with the Boots of Blinding Speed. ;)

rjknight 4y ago

I remember a mission where I had to visit Tel Branora, a Telvanni tower (I think it was the beginning of the quest line to become head of House Telvanni). As it happened, the weather was foggy, so I got quite close to the tower before it suddenly loomed up out of the fog in front of me. I've never been quite so stunned by anything in a game before or since.