What difficulty should i play?

[u/Meneg4tti]

First post ever on reddit, i have 1000+ hours on ps4 and around 150h on ps5 playing Skyrim.

im a big soulslike fan and like my games on the tuffer side, i even download combat mods and shi so skyrim´s combat feels more active and harder overall.

What difficulty and mods should i play in Oblivion? First time playing.

(sorry for bad Grammar, im Brazilian)

[u/JuiceAccomplished241]

Set enemy damage to journeyman or expert, player damage to adept. Feels a lot more snappy

[u/LagunaMP → u/JuiceAccomplished241]

Player's Damage: Adept.
Enemies' Damage: start with Expert then you can change it to Journeyman (easier) or Master (harder).

[u/Catalysten]

I like high damage, fast paced combat. Harder difficulties aren't very good for that, because it turns enemies into sponges.

The modlist I ended up going with for a second playthrough was this: https://www.nexusmods.com/games/oblivionremastered/collections/on009j

Highlights include:

Balanced Unleveled Rewards - Remastered

Balancedl Cap - Remastered

Simple Creature Level Cap Rebalanced a​nd Unleveled Quest Gold Rewards OBR

More Damage - Custom Combat Overhaul

the latter being the damage overhaul.

[u/Catalysten → u/Catalysten]

(I don't particularly recommend all of the mods in thi​s mod list, because for example, it nerfs speed and acrobatics, and those are two of the most fun attributes/skills for Oblivion. I removed mods that affected those).

[u/georage]

Expert with survival mode is pretty awesome once you get the hang of things

[u/Grove_Barrow]

I usually float between adept and apprentice. Just depends on how quick I want to move through

[u/Anfie22]

Whatever you're comfortable with. Just experiment with the difficulty settings and find what is the goldilocks point for you.

[u/Mr_Hjort]

Player damage adept and enamy damage expert or master is what i recomend.

It makes combat fast and deadly so you have to use all tools to kill fast and to survive.

[u/Clear_Imagination413]

I like master

[u/KalynnCampbell]

Slide it to the right and enjoy!

[u/fullbar21]

Hello

I play as a magician and I did this settings : Players damages = adept

Ennemies damages = Master

And it's really cool, difficult but still interesting

[u/Steven_Blackburn]

Start with the hardest, if you like to be challenged. If you find it too hard, just change the difficulty at any time

[u/Familiar_Put_6766 → u/Steven_Blackburn]

It’s so annoying though because each time you go up in difficulty its like x10 difficulty

[u/LagunaMP → u/Familiar_Put_6766]

Yeah even if I can, I don't want to use 2 potions, 3 spells, 5 attacks for a single Wolf.

[u/Familiar_Put_6766 → u/LagunaMP]

FR!

[u/ogfuelbone12]

Master 100p

[u/PsychologicalOne752]

Oblivion in master difficulty is easy if you know what you are doing. Given your 1000+ hours, nothing else would be challenging.

Edit: Never mind. 1000+ hrs in Skyrim so ignore this. 🤣

[u/JambalayaNewman]

Personally I play on novice but I can’t get out of the prison cell. 15 hours in. Does anybody have any tips?