I also use Less Annoying Magic Experience, and have used Vanilla Combat Enhanced in the past once or twice. Duke's adds an animation that locks you up for a bit while drinking a potion, so you need to use them strategically.)Īnd yeah those are good choices too. Blood sprays from melee attacks dont always draw blood. This is due to this mod conflicting with Enhanced Blood Textures, although it is preventable if you load Bloodier Combat after Enhanced Blood Textures. magicka, etc.) and avoid drinking potions during combat as compensation (i.e. Some of the blood decals will appear as red rectangles, usually when the target bleeds.

I don't normally use poisons, but I certainly use buff potions (mostly pre-combat, like fortify attributes, shield, fort. except dying is normal and you have to approach encounters carefully.Īdvanced Alchemy buffs potion duration and lets you get rid of negative effects and thus enables more combinations that can be used to make really strong poisons. I think I play on Advanced and haven't got any troubles. You will probably also want to tune down MOO ini file to normal difficulty or advanced at most, since OOO will add up to the world danger too and MOO higher settings can become a bit overwhelming. basically removing OOO traps and bash mechanic from the game, but I don't recall how it was called, sadly :( There was a mod somewhere that made it possible to use MOO more modern implementation over OOO's older one. due to the fact that OOO offers the same features. Keep in mind that MOO disables some of its features when it detects OOO installed. I just use console or the mod Levelers Cheat to boost my levels and shape the character as I like it.

I compensate the increase in difficulty by using Advanced Alchemy mod (which lets you create really good potions for buffing up and/or dealing with resistant enemies) and Duke Patrick mods that makes combat more brutal and quick, but also 'easier' in a way, since you deal with most enemies in a few hits, but same applies to you, and you can be one or two shot if you're not careful.Īs a consequence, I always play leveled up characters, like +30 or so. but difficulty can be brutal at times, if you're not prepared to deal with that. In contrast, MOO makes the world more dynamic and alive and enemies more varied, so they complement very well together. you have to defeat some powerful enemies to get them, but when you do so, you're rewarded aplenty. If you like breadcrumbs type of quests (following clues and notes over the world, and pieces things together that are seemingly not related) then OOO quests would be of your taste (I hope, at least!)Īlso, I really like some of the items OOO add. I really like OOO quests and static loot placement and ridiculous overpowered enemies :)

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