I would something more interesting to explore than the planes of oblivion, I thought the real world of oblivion wa fun enough, but damn those gates were boringjeroentje001

Well, I think Oblivion was supposed to represent hell, and whoever said hell wasn't boring. If you hate it, then it must be working!:D

I've been away from the forum for a couple of days, so am just catching up...

1) It is very unrealistic. I'm not looking for total realism in a fantasy game, but there were times when I shot a guy with 20 arrows that stuck in him and he barely lost health. Of course that happened when I was first starting but still- it should take five well placed arrows to bring him down.

Who were you fighting? Did they have a lot of armour, or a large total health? Did you poison your arrows? Yes, early in the game it can take a lot to take down someone with arrows, but, like with any of the weaponry, as you progress you get better. If you persevre with the bow and arrow you eventually get a zoom option. Of course, as you get further in the game and get better armour that also cuts down the amount of health you lose when being attacked with arrows. After all would you like to die after "five well placed arrows"?

2) The large map was great, as in all Elder Scrolls games, but it was almost too large. I might travel for twenty minutes (real time) on foot (in game) and only find a crappy little cave or a secluded shack with nothing good in it. There should be more tiny settlements or bad guy camps. In Fallout 3, there is hardly a time without enemies trying to kill you. Even Fable I and II and lots of towns spreadout through the map.

There are times when you get randomly set on, but usually by only one bad guy - not a camp of them. If you want to explore a part of a map, fast travel to the nearest point and then just explore, this cuts down a lot on your travelling time.

3) Lastly I want a wepon cafting system. I could be like Fallout 3, but I'm geared more towards Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance II's or Fable's **** You choose a weapon and then imbed it with rune stones and various gems to give it different abilities like fire extra damage or frost attack.

And you can do similar with enchanting weapons in Oblivion.

I've just changed my gamertag and was a bit disappointed to see that the names I wanted to change it to are in use by people on other systems - i.e. they are not on XBL. It seems the gamertag is used on two or three other MS products (including Zune).

I bet you'll find all the "epic" names you come up with will have been taken (oh, and of course, it can't be longer than 15 characters).

I wouldn't mind seing a nice variety of mounts to get around. Sometimes I just don't like fast traveling b/c I feel like I'm missing somethingHeroldp813

Yes, mythical beasts you could ride would be great, possibly even flying ones? Sometimes the horses are a bit slow.

Oh, and that's another thing to add to the list, horses seem to be able to walk, canter, gallop along the sides of the steepest of hills with no problems... hmmm.

I want a GOOD story that I can sink my teeth into and real get involved in. I want more decisions and better AI. I want to interact more with the citizens of Tamriel.gizmo12345

Can you give examples of the sort of interaction you want with the citizens, what you mean by more decisions, etc.?

the rumor is they are actually putting several parts, if not all, of tamriel into the next game. Thats the rumor atleast. i want a long game play time also. Jluecke3

How long is long, and how do you currently play the game?

A lot of people explore, do a lot of the side quests, etc., and therefore get hundreds of hours out of Oblivion. I guess those that simply follow the main quest will get a lot less playing time and probably feel disappointed.

So, "playing time" really does come down a lot to how someone plays the game.

Also would like to see weapons damaged over time.

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Weapons do become damaged over time in Oblivion, you have to repair them with Repair Hammers. Or do you mean actually see the damage on the graphic?

As for building your own weapons, surely this means that the world would have to encompass technology that it is not currently advanced enough for, i.e. firepower, etc.?

There is a wide variety of weapons (that are in line with the type of world that the game is set in) already, I don't see how making your own sword or axe, etc., would really be that different.

Oblivion has taken over my game-playing life. I haven't played anything else for ages.

Agree with all of the above, and wouldn't want online play.

But I'd like to see a little more "intelligence" in the game. For example, if you're in someone's house or shop you shouldn't be called a thief until you've actually left with an item you have picked up, but that you haven't paid for or been given.

NPCs should remember they have spoken to you before, especially if you've done business with them, or have maxed out the disposition. It's only a small thing, but it does jar when you go up to talk to them and they introduce themselves again. Perhaps you could get better treatment if you shop in the same place all the time - say bigger discounts, or more money paid for the items you are selling, or you get more well known by the population of a town or city if you reside there, or spend a lot of time - I'm generally based in Skingrad, for example.

Could not your character "marry"? Nothing major (and I'm not asking for virtual sex here) but the other person would aid you, not with main quests but with minor things. So you could send a message to your spouse to ask to stock up on certain items for when you return, or you leave items for them to sell on your behalf. It can be a chore having to keep going round shops or whatever. (You would need to leave them money to buy stuff, but then that does open up more quest options; what if your spouse was to run off with the money, have an affair and get you arrested etc.?)

Then it's down to really minor things, like currently the items in barrels and crates can change, but even in a property that no one but you has access to!

Oh, and one final thing, can't a lot of gold actually BE a lot? Without giving a spoiler, I did a quest where I was promised a lot of gold on completion. How much gold did I receive? 40! Grr. I expected at least a few hundred, if not thousand.

Well, as you already have Oblivion, your question doesn't really make sense.

However, as Oblivion has now overtaken Elite (a very old game) as my favourite game of all time then you can imagine where my loyalties lie.

I'm not against playing other games but I have found that ES:O has taken over my gaming life and for some time it's been the only game I've played. I like the openness, the fact that you don't have to do quests in a specific order (in most cases).

Just remember to save regularly, I've just had to restart from the beginning because I came across a bug and hadn't got a save to go back to before the start of the quest (Grrr). Still, I'm finding I'm enjoying the game even more now, because I'm not having to learn how to play.