Mm, I actually forgot the official plugins, if they weren't included in the patches.
Gives me somehting to do I guess.
You're right about the balance problem. It's almost impossible to raise a weapon skill from 5% on, for example, cos you never hit shit and die too easy while you're desperately trying to get a blow in. (same thing on lower lvls with other skill like you said) And once you're over 60 you lvl like crazy. Ah well, they'll prolly take it in account in Morrowind's predecessor.(is that a word?) In Daggerfall (part of the elder scrolls series, one of my alltime fav games too) there was suprisingly less of a balance problem. Maybe they balanced everthing out better in Bloodmoon.
hehe.
I myself didn't have much troubles anywhere in the game btw, not even at low lvl cos I had humungous starting endurance and a pretty advanced weapon skill from the start on. But for a magic- or stealthbased char it must be horrendously hard.
To give you an idea: I cleared Daedra shrines and whacked Dremora lords at lvl 10-11. Without too many lucky breaks
Anyways, I've only just joined the blades. Wanted to explore Morrowind a bit first and gain strength.(which might have worked too well btw, I'm lvl 16 atm) had a lot of skirmishes with wild animals, joined a few guilds, stumbled upon quite a few nice places during my wanderings, mainly through the ashlands. Even a vampire nest, heh. They're pretty rare in morrowind, so that's cool. Joined a few guild too of course. Fighters guild, Mages guild, Imperial legion and currently looking to join the Morag Tong.
rough stats:
->redguard, lvl 16. Custom class. Charismatic fighter, dabbler in te more practical magical schools mysticism and alteration (soul trap, recall, levitate, open locks, etc.)
->Lady's grace as birthsign
->primary skills: Long blade, speechcraft, heavy armor, block, mysticism
->secondary skills: alteration, mercantile, medium armor, enchant, blunt weapon.
->ability focus: endurance, strength, personality. To a lesser degree willpower.
That's about it. HP is around 220 atm. What was your character like btw? If you can remember more or less.