The recent morrowind threads gave me the itch to play this again after a long time...

the recent morrowind threads gave me the itch to play this again after a long time. whats the best way to play this in 2020? openmorrowind?

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But games shouldn’t be this broken with a core feature that takes advantage of many other individually somewhat-broken mechanics. Most of those issues are fixed by unofficial community patches and mods, or their usage comes with specific drawbacks regarding game stability and are warned against using. Except the Alchemy Exploit. Fixing it would require a massive overhaul to how the game decided every thing that happens.

It’s also the easiest skill to power level at the start of the game. This is because you can choose when and how to level it. Other crafting skills (armorers for repairs, enchant) can’t be used thousands of times at will. So you pick a character with the lowest possible alchemy rating and make it a minor skill. It also means that you can basically set up 8 level-ups in a row.

It takes advantage infinite restocking merchants. Again, on the surface, these feature is great. Find a guy that always sells throwing knives for your marksman? You can always restock before heading out!

Most merchants will always carry certain items that will always restock. Let’s say you find one who sells 10 Scrib Jelly. You buy it, sell it back, he now has 20 permanently. So you find merchants that restock these necessary Alchemy items (conveniently gathered in Temples, Mages Guild or Telvanni shops) and make potions infinitely. You just sell potions back, get more supplies, and go on until you max the skill out.

That’s not a big deal though, right? You’re just being efficient about saving button presses by making this guy have 2000 Scrib Jelly to pick up in one bulk order instead of original 10 and can go make all your potions in one giant batch.

Huh?

But this is where the fundamentals of the game become broken. Alchemy potions strength is based on a simple formula, with your skill in Alchemy, your Intelligence, and your Luck being important factors. Well not so much Luck. So you can use spells, enchants or potions to boost your Intelligence and make stronger potions. Unlike other titles, it doesn’t limit potion consumption. So you can make and take more fortify intelligence potions, boosting it further. Eventually you’ll start to make super potions. Fortify Willpower to make spellcasting a joke. Feather to carry everything and make weight pointless. Levitation. Restore Health / Magicka / Fatigue. It eventually makes it so unless the enemy can hit you and do more damage than your total health in one hit, you will not die.

Its also a source of easy cash. Just sell off a potion to Scamp in Caldera for max value.

Now, remember that Master Trainer exploit? Follow the Dark Brotherhood chain to Mournhold and get a boost skill spell. Make your own version with your desired skill. Go to trainers to get +5/5/5 (5/5/1 of levelling Luck) in attributes from skills outside of your Major and Minors until the levels gained from Alchemy run out. Max out endurance first to make the most of your health gain per level (should put you to 80/90 endurance).

So, with one skill and about an hour or two of time, here’s how the game looks:

1) You cannot die. Potions can end but they have ridiculous durations (200- plus health/fatigue/magical regen for 6000-plus seconds) and can easily be reapplied.

2) Money is inconsequential. It already kind of is in Morrowind, but you’ve ruined the incentive to loot.

3) Gear doesn’t matter now, or at least has very little impact.

4) You’re overpowered for the content. You can make any spell with numerous effects and never worry about spending all your magicka and having it fail. You’re gaining or close to gaining +10 max health per level, pushing further away from OHKO risks.

bruh calm down with the stimulants

5) The gameplay in Morrowind is boring without the challenge. The combat is already clunky at the best of times and janky dice rolls decide everything unless you boost or train. The graphics were great for its time but aren’t much to look at today. The story is fantastic but you’ll feel like you’re just walking across the world with little fast-travel options and very poor directions if you’re not using a guide.

And you can do all of this at the start of the game. You just turned an immersive sandbox role playing game into a walking simulator where you’re a god before the story tells you that. The only thing you’re playing against is the inevitable glitch, bug, or game crash that Bethesda is known for. Or the dumb NPCs in one of the many escort quests.

Just don’t ever boost skills that affect movement. High speed results in fall damage from momentum when you walk into something. Ironically, Swift Swim doesn’t have these issues but can crash the game like high speed can. Maybe the water sets fall damage to zero regardless of momentum.

Also Strength is tied to the formula for determining weapon durability loss. Higher STR = more damage, both to foes and your weapons. Just maxing it out normally can reduce their effectiveness but boosting can result in weapons dealing moderately more damage but breaking in less (sometimes one) swing, negating any gains.

But, let’s end on a silly note. There’s one more thing that works but really doesn’t work. And it’s a real doozy.

Cure paralyze on self spells. You can’t do any actions when paralyzed, like casting a spell. You can’t use enchanted items with the skill, change gear or cast spells, there’s no reason to enchant it to cast on a target or use a spell to cast on target, and potions do not require you knowing it to be effective. It’s useless. But it works?

>The story is fantastic
Huh?

Try a lobotomy.
Can't hurt.