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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 4118889" data-attributes="member: 8158">I have no idea how any excels as a bowman. Even if you try to kite, you'll eventually backpedal into a wall or otherwise box yourself in, or you'll just get caught.Oblivion is one of those games where spells offer you all the benefits of utility, immediacy, and generally superior results over mundane methods without a huge associated cost. It's not like you're burning vancian slots, after all. One school of maigic contains far more utility than any other skill. There's precious little incentive to bother with lockpicking or stealth when you can get the same benefits as those time-consuming, often-frustrating skills with a snap of the fingers. The long and short of it is, magic rules in Oblivion. It does get expensive though.It's been said elsewhere, but never train Athletics or Acrobatics. Athletics increases just through plain old movement, and Acrobatics through jumping and falling. Since you need to level in a controlled manner, those skills are murder because you can't just decide you're not going to run or jump anywhere for the next couple of levels.If you're going to become a thief, then don't bother trying to case the homes of the local nobility. They frequently seems to have little wealth. What wealth they do have, they typically carry on their person at all times. Instead, rob weapon and armor shops. They leave fortunes literally just lying about in the open.I gotta say, I've never found that potions are particularly plentiful, so I'm not sure what the Beginner's Guide author was going on about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 4118889, member: 8158"] I have no idea how any excels as a bowman. Even if you try to kite, you'll eventually backpedal into a wall or otherwise box yourself in, or you'll just get caught. Oblivion is one of those games where spells offer you all the benefits of utility, immediacy, and generally superior results over mundane methods without a huge associated cost. It's not like you're burning vancian slots, after all. One school of maigic contains far more utility than any other skill. There's precious little incentive to bother with lockpicking or stealth when you can get the same benefits as those time-consuming, often-frustrating skills with a snap of the fingers. The long and short of it is, magic rules in Oblivion. It does get expensive though. It's been said elsewhere, but never train Athletics or Acrobatics. Athletics increases just through plain old movement, and Acrobatics through jumping and falling. Since you need to level in a controlled manner, those skills are murder because you can't just decide you're not going to run or jump anywhere for the next couple of levels. If you're going to become a thief, then don't bother trying to case the homes of the local nobility. They frequently seems to have little wealth. What wealth they do have, they typically carry on their person at all times. Instead, rob weapon and armor shops. They leave fortunes literally just lying about in the open. I gotta say, I've never found that potions are particularly plentiful, so I'm not sure what the Beginner's Guide author was going on about. [/QUOTE]

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