Morrowind's Difficulty Spikes

Ah yes, those bastards. How could anyone forget.
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[@Imperatia]

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[@Rynewulf]

deliberately underleveled fighter

[@mohamedmaatougui2469]

Weakness to magic magician

[@mightystu49]

Weakness to magic spell stacking

[@somedumbwizard6525]

Oblivion's is stealth mage

[@GentlemanAeon777]

100% Chameleon build

[@tomaszpawlik5091]

skyrim's level scaled mainland and super entry level solstheim is the worst probably - helping an old man with pest control to get a pickaxe only to end up in ultra death dungeon filled with chadly death incarnates 9000 quickscoping you with ebony bows was quite a whiplash

[@Rynewulf]

@@tomaszpawlik5091 Yeah Solstheim's leveling was weird in Skyrim. The town as you say was completely beginner friendly, up until you step outside and deal with end game enemies. Oddly enough that actually is a parallel to Morrowind-Solstheim, where the initial Fort is genuinely welcoming but everything else is end game

[@comical4609]

I miss unleveled Bethesda games.

[@BlackSailPass_GuitarCovers]

The difficulty spike begins when you leave Seyda Neen.

[@Rynewulf]

When I first played Morrowind as a child on the Xbox, I beelines for Solstheim because it was the cool werewolf and viking place on the GotY box. And I made it there, at Level 1. And I explored most of the island, at level 1. Its an experience, I clearly had too much free time

[@Allegedly_Angel]

I would actually beeline there on new playthroughs just to get those robes in the well or whatever. Those things we're overpowered as hell. Levitation was busted too. I solved like 90% of my problems by levitating. When Dagoth Urs place started collapsing I remember I could levitate and the place falling apart was no longer a problem

[@jessezeller-davis7699]

the first time your Strength and Endurance are damaged to zero by a Greater Bonewaker is definitely one of the difficult spikes that teaches you that Morrowind won't hold back. I remember trying to rest until healed and watching it count down as my character slept for 3 months just to still have 0 encumbrance limit. always have had restore strength on me ever since.

[@maxwellbowman4084]

My “no inventory/no magic nekkid guy” hit a wall with Archmagister Gothren. Just absolutely impossible to punch him and the Dremora down quickly enough. Took that character to Solstheim to see if gaining levels/HP would help. He was able to punch his way up until the “Good Beast” stone quest - just can’t kill the Rieklings fast enough.

[@privatepessleneck]

worth noting the leader of the dark brotherhood, has more health than Dagoth Ur. and if you do that crimson plague side quest, the lich is insanely op with her destruction spell. she would have been worse because she was supposed to scale her stats with your level, but thankfully the code is super broken so she is stuck at level one. that spell of frost/fire/poison that does like 200 points over 5 seconds is insane.

[@GH0STGUY]

i have to argue about the werewolves in the maze... they arent meant for you to fight them, youre supposed to become the prey, youre supposed to run from them in the maze.

[@mossy3565]

I remember going for the Bloodmoon expansion early in a more recent playthrough. My aim was to nab at least ONE of the paralysis swords from the imperials since I was at a point I could kill Imperial Guards fairly easily Turns out, the swords they have are NOT regular Imperial weapons. It's not just the enchantment, they do 30-40 damage with each swing. Similar damage values to daedric gear Still got one, but I felt dirty for using it and gave it up.

[@Rynewulf]

@@mossy3565 My favourite was to rush to Thirsk and get the weapons stashed outside there, powerful but not OP in the paralysis stun lock way

[@atronachh]

Not enough people talk about the ridiculousness of some items you can find in morrowind's dlcs. The royal signet ring is the worst offender

[@renzoraschioni3886]

All of tribunal is a constant difficulty spike and Gedna Revel is a difficulty spike on that spike. I still have nightmares.

[@Imperatia]

Yeah, Gedna is something else entirely.

[@HouseJambo]

Soon as you asked, I first thought of Gaenor. xD

[@Ratface0007]

Getting cute and taking a swing at Vivec with an unenchanted glass halberd is the biggest difficulty spike

[@Rain_lights]

yeah no those werewolves were cracked, I just had to run from them with a ring of tinur's hoptoad and eventually werewolf speed once I had the ring

[@deuterium2718]

if there's any genuinely BS moments in oblivion, its the rats when you're high enough level

[@TheGianKl]

Dude I love tour vids Big respect

[@TheLordboki]

Morrowind liches are ridiculous. Tribunal lich boss and the Firemoth lich specifically. Seems like Bethesda read liches were immortal but completely forgot to add the part where you destroy their phylactery.

[@anonopossum]

i know its not bethesda but tamriel rebuilt actually does this which is cool and usually requires you scour an area or deal with a gimmick that makes the fight more memorable

[@TheLordboki]

@@anonopossum I did not notice anything in the Firemoth reboot. Maybe I missed it? Should've given it more time rather than lowering the difficulty like a wuss.

[@anonopossum]

@@TheLordboki i havent played the firemoth reboot yet tbf i was talking more about ones on the mainland that are more hidden

[@rickthebrick200]

They're probably failed liches. The Liches in Morrowind are like the Ayleid 'liches' you find in Oblivion. The Ayleid Liches are even stated to have failed at their attempts at Lichdom while remaining as spectres, men who achieved immortal undeath while simultaneously failing at Lichdom. I don't remember if they're intelligent undead or just spectres who act on instinct. Weird that Bethesda would do this when the first three main quests are about people who tied their souls to an artifact with specific enchantments. Dagoth Ur and his Ash Wights tying their soul to the Heart of Lorkhan and Nerevarine having to unbind the Mythopeic enchantments with the Tools, Zurin Arctus tying his soul to the Mantella and having The Agent bring it to Zurin so he can destroy it, Jagar Tharn tying his soul to the Ruby of Fire and having the Eternal Champion use the Staff of Chaos drain its power. Three perfect examples of Lichdom. It's as though the people at Bethesda knew what a lich is, how a lich functions, how a phylactery works, how to create and bind one's soul to a phylactery, how to destroy a phylactery, and even provided examples in the main quest of their first three games and deliberately misused the term for the Tribunal expansion.

[@hideshisface1886]

Morrowind difficulty spikes. I would not count the expansions - I mean... these are old-school expansions - from the times when difficulty rise was very much expected. In base game... I think the Dagoth Gares quest is the first major bump. I remember tackling it very early many, many years ago and struggling - and the Corprus saga afterwards was also a bit of hassle. First trips to Urshilaku camp back in the day - long journey, searching for the unknown in hostile terrain - before all the wikis and such. Some of the Fighter's Guild quests - if you were starting in Sadrith Mora at least - these could also be a problem. Oblivion... Not much in terms of difficulty spikes, really. If you rushed the main quest, maybe the first Oblivion gate could be a bit of a challenge, due to occasional fire atronachs. Skyrim - ok, let's be honest, everyone got blindsided by the trolls on the way to High Hrothgar - these are some of the very few reasonably high level enemies you can encounter early in the overworld - and their regen is a pain if you do not expect it. Your first dragon fight is also a problem - IF you are playing on highest difficulties - fire/frost breath melts low level characters, and physical attacks are also formidable.

[@Imperatia]

I can't believe I forgot about the High Hrothgar troll! I suppose it shows that I haven't played Skyrim in a while!

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Honestly, Solstheim in general is a difficulty spike in Morrowind. Draugr are faster than any undead need to be, Spriggans just don't stay dead, and why in buggeration do we need to keep that one snow-gobbo alive when anything else in the castle one-shots him?

[@doublejesusful]

OMG those werewolves were 70?! No wonder they bent me over, I was doing it at level 27 and they made me chug all my fort strength pots I'd been holding onto it was a huge spike from all the rest of the DLC's content.

[@Yora21]

I've played Morrowind for 23 years and I never knew there are goblins in it.

[@wilbert1865]

Did you have the expansion?

[@SneedFeedAndSeed]

lil bro played on day one build for 20 years

[@Rain_lights]

yup they're in the tribunal expansion

[@goukeban6197]

When I tried to get the bitter cup at level 1...

[@skeletonking4119]

2:38 what’s that Withe blue werewolf in the left?

[@RolandTHX]

Werewolf ice statue. Sometimes they turn into actual werewolves to take you by surprise.

[@jaredrussell4064]

I don't mean to sound rude, but what the heck is up with you're audio. I hear it get louder in one ear, then it gets louder in the other. I didn't think it's my headphones or phone as it doesn't happen on other videos, but I admit I could be wrong.

[@Imperatia]

Hm, I really thought I fixed that. Audacity also reports that volumes of left and right should be equal. I tried doing something different, so let me know if the problem persists in the next video.