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I'm maybe 15 hours into my first Oblivion playthrough (coming from Skyrim) and I keep getting stuck on the Speechcraft minigame. It feels like I'm playing a separate puzzle every time I need to persuade an NPC instead of just... talking to them like in Skyrim. Am I supposed to just tank the...

Playing my first melee build on Switch (level 22, wearing Ebony plate) and I love the damage output, but I'm moving like I'm underwater. I've got the perk that reduces heavy armor weight, but apparently that's not enough. Do I need to dump points into Stamina or is there a perk I'm forgetting...

I just realized I've been playing Hearthfire completely wrong. Like, I always just... hired a steward, told them to build stuff, and then ignored them. But I actually watched what Rayya was doing at Lakeview the other day and she's legitimately out there managing the whole place - chopping wood...

I'm on my second playthrough (level 31, playing on Switch) and I've been running two Conjured Atronachs for most of the mid-game. They're great for damage but they constantly stand in doorways during dungeons and it's driving me nuts—I'll be trying to sneak or just move through a tight space and...

I just finished the Thieves Guild stuff on my current playthrough and man, knowing the twist with Mercer Frey ahead of time actually makes the whole thing better, not worse. Like the first time through you're just doing jobs and it feels kind of grindy, but this time I was watching his dialogue...

Coming back to Skyrim after like two years away, and I remember the vanilla graphics looking pretty rough. I'm on PC this time around, so I figure now's the time to actually do a graphics overhaul instead of just playing it stock. But every time I look at modlists online they're either outdated...

I'm doing a pure mage run on my second playthrough and I'm at level 35 with pretty solid Restoration perks, but healing spells still feel like they barely tick compared to my Destruction damage. Like, a Fireball does way more work than a Heal spell even though I've leveled both trees equally. Is...

I just watched Farkas walk directly into a rock face for thirty seconds while I'm fighting three draugr. He was RIGHT THERE. Just... committed to that rock. Eventually he clipped through it but not before I took like four hits I didn't need to take. This happens constantly and I don't know if...

So I just finished building out Lakeview Manor on my current playthrough and hired Rayya as steward, and I watched her get absolutely demolished by a single bandit during a homestead attack. Like, she had full Daedric armor and a two-handed sword and still managed to die in like six seconds...

Just reinstalled a bunch of mods after a couple years away and now the game won't even load past the splash screen. I'm on PC with MO2, and I've got maybe 80 mods installed (mostly texture / weather / QoL stuff, nothing crazy). I know the usual suspects are USSEP and SKSE compatibility, but I...

I'm on my 4th playthrough and something just clicked. That dungeon isn't just the tutorial quest - it's literally a masterclass in how Skyrim wants you to play. You've got the puzzle doors that teach you to read the environment. The draugr that introduce you to combat, stamina management...

I picked Skyrim back up on Switch after years away and it's hitting different without mods, but I'm not trying to start over on PC just yet. Vanilla feels weirdly unfinished in places (Destruction magic scaling, some perks feeling completely dead, follower AI being janky) but I know Switch can't...

I'm level 81 on my current playthrough and the Ebony Warrior just spawned outside Whiterun. I thought I'd be way overpowered by now but this guy is legitimately kicking my ass. My damage output feels pathetic even with a maxed-out two-handed build and I'm burning through potions like crazy...

I just realized I've done like six playthroughs and I think I've only visited Dawnstar twice. Which is wild because the entire hold is genuinely unsettling in a way the game doesn't really telegraph. Like, it's not trying to be creepy like Markarth is - it just IS. Everyone's miserable, the...

I'm replaying Oblivion after years of Skyrim, and I just joined the Fighter's Guild in Anvil. I expected it to feel like the Companions, but it's... way more transactional? Like, I'm just taking bounty jobs and nobody really cares who I am. In Skyrim you get pulled into this whole family drama...

I just finished my second playthrough and something clicked. The Daedric artifact quests in Markarth - the one with the Forsworn and the one with the house - they're basically the same story told from opposite angles. Like, you're getting manipulated by Daedra either way, and the city's just...

I just finished my first Dragonborn playthrough and Miraak absolutely wrecked me way more times than Karstaag ever did. Like, Karstaag is this big damage sponge but at least he stays in one place. Miraak keeps teleporting around, summoning those dragon priests, and I swear he was healing himself...

I'm on my third playthrough and just realized something. You build this whole house, decorate it, set up the kitchen and armory and everything, and then your steward gets like... the nicest bedroom in the place? I gave Rayya the master suite at Lakeview because I didn't think about it, and now...

Coming back to Oblivion after years of Skyrim, and I'm confused about committing to either Blade or Blunt early on. In Skyrim you just level One-Handed and it doesn't matter if you use a sword or mace, but here they're totally separate skills. Does picking one lock you out of viable builds, or...

I'm on my third playthrough (PC, SKSE ready) and I keep abandoning Illusion around level 15 because paralyze feels like the only spell that actually does anything in a fight. Fury and Frenzy are fun for like two seconds then everything just kills each other and I'm standing there bored. Is there...