What's the best elder scrolls game

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What is the best elder scrolls game?

Oblivion
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50%
Morrowind
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39%
Redguard
0
No votes
Battlespire
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4%
Daggerfall
2
7%
Arena
0
No votes
 
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What's the best elder scrolls game

Post by Daedricmudcrab »

I just wanted to know what people's opinion's were since I've only played oblivion. Just want to know if one of the others is better.
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Post by KillDemElfs »

What is this, the million billionth "Which TES game was better" poll? FFS, think of something ORIGINAL to bump your post count with. :x

EDIT: You misspelled Redguard and Morrowind, dummy. And you should have included Bloodmoon and Tribunal in the poll, even if they were just expansions.
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Post by Daedricmudcrab »

woah woah woah, sorry. Didn't mean to offend anyone or anything. I didn't realize there were so many. I just wanted to know because as I said I only have oblivion and wanted to know if any of the others are better. And what makes you think I was trying to make my post count higher? I just wanted to know.
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Post by Most Honored Listener »

its ok and I haven't seen one for a while so this is kinda still valid due to the new members
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Post by Codex »

I haven't played Morrowind enough to have an opinion, or any of the other games for that matter, so I didn't vote for anything.

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I've only played Oblivion and Morrowind. I like Morrowind better because I hate the leveled system in Oblivion. I understand the reason for the leveling system, but I don't like it.

There is no need to call people names and there is no need to get on someone's case for a post they made! Let the Mods decide if it needs attention. :)
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Post by Warwolf Dash »

my fav is morowind, though i would still buy oblivion for my 360, but not my pc as that is strictly for morrowind b/c i have so many mods downloaded

and can we please try to keep it civil on the posts? i come to these things to get away from rhta. i do expect some flaming, but no excess like that guy was doing
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Bear wrote:I've only played Oblivion and Morrowind. I like Morrowind better because I hate the leveled system in Oblivion. I understand the reason for the leveling system, but I don't like it.

There is no need to call people names and there is no need to get on someone's case for a post they made! Let the Mods decide if it needs attention. :)
That is exactly why I dont like Morrowind because it doesnt have a leveling system, meaning u could just go and get the strongest sword in the game and just start wacking ppl.
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Post by Ts198 »

i voted for oblivion considering that is the only one i have played, i have just seen morrowind played at my friends house, and what was with the spazzing out??? just because he spelled to words wrong :? :?
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Post by Codex »

It was nearly a month ago, so I think we'll just forget about it.
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Post by Most Honored Listener »

in other words this kinda constitutes as necro-posting so in the future can you try and remember not to go to far back but instead just make a new topic.
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Post by Anfauglith126 »

I like the oblivion leveling system but I think there should be non-leveled items like daedric or ebony in some challenging places
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Jyggalags Heart wrote:
Bear wrote:I've only played Oblivion and Morrowind. I like Morrowind better because I hate the leveled system in Oblivion. I understand the reason for the leveling system, but I don't like it.

There is no need to call people names and there is no need to get on someone's case for a post they made! Let the Mods decide if it needs attention. :)
That is exactly why I dont like Morrowind because it doesnt have a leveling system, meaning u could just go and get the strongest sword in the game and just start wacking ppl.
don't necropost :roll:
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Post by Ts198 »

dam didnt notice the date, my bad, my bad
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Post by Anfauglith126 »

Sorry I dont notice the date too :oops:
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Post by The Old Alchemist »

Do you really consider it to be 'necroposting' if the topic is still on the first page of the forum? If he was digging up something from a year ago that's buried a few pages back, sure, but the last reply was only a month earlier.

Seriously, the UESP-General is a pretty slow sub-forum and if somebody is actually continuing the conversation intelligently, what's the problem? It's not like he's just bumping a topic.

Mods, if a topic is too old, but you still want it to be available for folks to read, why not lock it?

Also, is there actually a rule against replying to an old forum post? I didn't see it in the forum rules, but my eyesight isn't what it used to be either.

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Post by Bear »

Pretty soon you won't be able to post at all. If you go back to the begining of this thread the starter was jumped on for even starting this. Don't start threads that have already been done, don't answer posts that have been left behind. If all topics have been posted at least once and those topics are too old to be posted to, then what's left? If something needs fixed please leave it to the mods to fix it, that is why we are here.
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and there is actually a rule just FYI
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Perhaps I missed it, but I looked at the rules and didn't see anything about bringing up old topics. I guess I don't understand why that wouldn't be a GOOD thing. I mean, if you had a question that related to someone's post in an old topic, or thought it was interesting and wanted to comment, why is that so bad?
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Post by Most Honored Listener »

its mostly annoying but most of the time people who "necro-post" are actually answering a question that was asked ages ago this is what is frowned upon and a rule of time limits of when it becomes necro-posting were made for people who don't understand this.
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Post by The Old Alchemist »

OK, where's the rule? I looked and couldn't find it. Apparently, spovz can't find it either. Can you post a link?

It's not here: http://www.uesp.net/phpbb/faq.php
It's not here: http://www.uesp.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=794
It's not here: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/UESPWiki:Forum_Rules

Please note that I'm not defending the quality of this topic. It's just more forum fodder, but I'm questioning the complaint that it's necroposting to reply to something only one month old that's still on the front page of the sub-forum.

My point was, if there's an actual time limit on when you're allowed to reply to a post, why not close the posts after X amount of time instead of leaving them open and yelling at people. You have the administrative tools to fix the problem.
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Post by Ts198 »

yea and no one was really answering a question that has already been answered thats not even what this topic was about, we were just answering about what one we thought was better
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The Old Alchemist wrote:My point was, if there's an actual time limit on when you're allowed to reply to a post, why not close the posts after X amount of time instead of leaving them open and yelling at people. You have the administrative tools to fix the problem.
That is what I was trying to say though it may not have come across so well in text. It's really not that big of deal to bring a post back from a month ago especially if it's still on the first page. There are even occasions when bringing something back from the absolute dead; are good. Maybe something still needs to be resolved. I just don't want to see it be that big of issue; where it comes to a point where users become afraid to post. These forums aren't so busy that a few minor issues can't be tolerated.
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Post by Most Honored Listener »

the whole thing is pretty overblown and we are going to try and just let it be known that posting in a topic when you are answering a question can be problematic but just giving your two cents is fine.
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Post by The Old Alchemist »

I'm not trying to be combative, but I'm going to respectfully disagree with the idea that answering an old question is problematic.

Some questions take a long time to answer either because the answerer isn't a regular poster or the question is obscure and requires research. While the original poster may have already moved on and forgone the need for an answer, someone else with a similar problem may hit upon some keywords with a search engine and derive value from the late answer.

I think Bear has a very valid point when he suggests that scolding posters for late posts may have a chilling effect on posting in general.

So, am I right in saying that there is no actual posted rule against 'necro-posting?'
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