Oblivion's Factions: The Arena - A Review in 2023 Quests & Analysis EXPLAINED 

Good people of the Imperial City, Welcome… TO THE ARENA! That will never get old to me, stuck with me all the way from 2006 when I was a boy.

The Arena was also my favorite way to unlock the Dark Brotherhood, since killing the Gray Prince after doing his quest counts as killing an innocent.

The Arena holds a special place in my heart. I can still remember the late summer day playing it at my friends house. As I was leaving his house, all I could think was, "I want to play more." The only other games I can think I felt that with was Halo (CE & 2) and WoW.

Heyo, someone who also likes the Arena. It's a pretty mindless questline, but sometimes all you really need is some good, mindless fun. The Arena knows exactly what it wants to be, and that's exactly what it sets out to do. Nothing more, nothing less. And in an age where seemingly _everything_ has to be needlessly complex, that's something I can respect. Like you said, there's just something so satisfying about moving up through the ranks. I've always accepted the "Origins of the Gray Prince" quest, but I almost never complete it until after the Arena's over. And if I _do_ take out Lord Lovidicus before becoming Grand Champion, I *NEVER* tell Agronak what I found. The fight against the Gray Prince is one of the more fun early boss fights in the game, and having him just stand there while you wail on him just feels _really_ anticlimactic. Besides, I think it's better for him to die thinking he was an unrecognized nobleman who died a warrior's death, as opposed to a "spawn of evil" who basically lays down and lets you kill him. Doing it this way allows me to complete the "Origins" quest (in a manner of speaking), while also not having to break Agronak's will to live and fight. A win-win, in my book.

The arena was where I picked up my preference for archery and destruction magic in Oblivion. My main strategy was to constantly run backwards while alternating between the bow and the weak fireball spell. The cheese was off the charts, but I'm not complaining lmao. I chose the Black Arrow as my arena nickname, which as a dark elf was just poetic

The Arena is one of the first places I go to when I get to the city.

Poor agronak if he only believed that it isn’t the ways of ones birth that matters it what you do with your life and how you uphold yourself that matters. He was a true champion, a grand champion.

I would love to see what they could do with a entirely new arena faction in the upcoming elder scrolls, if they decide to add one lol

Another thing is that its one of the few quests/questlines that has a non level scaled reward of gold. I feel like the devs repurposed the faction to be intended for early game characters as the gold and disposition boost from the fame you get is just enough to buy the waterfront house.

I wish there was more to the arena it was so fun. When I didn’t know what I was doing playing Oblivion as a 10 year old I stumbled on this and it holds a very special place in my heart

Arena is usually one of the first places I go when I start a new playthrough. The armor is decent for a new character with no cash yet.

My most favorite faction in Oblivion, sadly it's so short and fighting the leveled creatures once a week gets tiresome.

The only thing wrong with the arena is that you kill your opponents in these matches. In reality, gladiators rarely were killed. Maimed and scarred sure, but not killed.

Great upload! Love seeing you grow

I would like to say 2 things . Firstly I really like the Grey Prince. In a lot of aspects i wish that he was able to continue after the arena. Just because your family has a dark background or your friends what have you does not mean you have to fall down that same path. The second thing I would like to add is that what the skull of corruption you can use it on your opponents and after they die you can check their inventory and take their items without penalty. One of the combatants has a shield thing called the Aegis that has magic resistance on it that you can only get with the skull of corruption

The Arena is my favorite guild questline in terms of pure fun. Also, Gronak is probably the most unique mortal character in the series who is not very magical given his background. His entire existence also has big implications given that we know, because of him alone, that at least some vampires can have kids.

5:15 actually the last match is a complete walk in the park. cast invisibility and wait for Pork Chop to do his business. He'll finish them all off.

Whenever I start a new playthrough, this and the stolen inventory quest are the first two things I do. It helps me with my heavy armor and hand to hand. I do this for to max out my Endurance(so I can have max HP) and Strength(because I'm a hoarder and carry everything).

The one thing i always found interesting is how it counts as a murder that can lead to joining the DBH if you do the origin quest.

To this day the Arena is my first faction I join on every playthrough. I feel bad for the Blue teams champion though. He seemed to have a working relationship with the yellow champ and Agronak or at the least friends as he's sad after.

Arena is perfectly fine questline. Exactly what I expected when signing up. Also, I was supposed to join arena from start, but didnt find the door there so went to do other stuff and joined around lvl 6, as opposed to lvl 1.

I ❤ the arena. You don't always need a deeply detailed quest line. Sometimes just some good old fighting. A great analysis man 😊

Keep up the great work love your content I got threw the dark brother hood I’m gonna play nights of nine next after the mages guild or fighters

I once finished Gronaks quest and then swore never to take it on again. I really didn't like seeing him so down. Really wish there was a way to help Gronak to cope with it.

My favorite thing about the arena is that there's a 100% magicka resist steel shield that you can get (with glitches) that makes max difficulty runs much smoother

I join the arena, and never finish it. Not because I'm lazy, or forget, but because I can't bring myself to kill the atmosphere in there. Agronak remains a mysterious champion, the blue team gladiator remains happy, and the yellow team champion can keep mean-mugging her days away. I LOVED the arena as a kid, and I still make it my first stop for some gold and glory early on.

I only bought Oblivion last year, but really enjoy the game. Don't really like arena type set ups, but this one is pretty good. Not sure why that is, do like playing it though. Great video, man.👍

Great questline for fun stuff and you get to help the grey prince with is problem.

There should of been an arena quest where the player discovers that the arena is corrupt and the matches are fixed when they tell you to throw a fighr and you can either accept or refuse. If you refuse youll be hunted

Is this the same RU-vidr who does fallout videos too? I feel like the voice is the same

Good people of the imperial city

ehh it's kinda boring, even the first time i went through by the time it was over i was asking "is this it". Sure it didn't need to be as elaborate as the other guilds, but just a few more quest to break it up would have went a long way into making me care. IDK it's just a lot of wasted potential.

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It would make it easier viewing experience if you time stamped your videos