Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

[Roland]

... if only I could find the thieves guild.  No, don't tell me.  I'll figure it out.

It's been staring you in the face since the very beginning, and making subtle affirmations throughout the first tiniest sliver of the game.

And you're right, you will figure it out. And if you truly get stuck, let me know. ;)

That is one change I actually like, secret societies are really secret.  The other is that your initial level 1 char is not a pathetically slow and inept invalid who misses hitting slow mudcrabs 95% while they easily kill you before you can run away from them.

Ah, the beauty of Morrowind. So simple, and yet so wonderful.

Some other cheap exploits I noticed are plugged are;  that you can no longer pick pocket away a persons armor, you can no longer drown the guards pursuing you,  you cannot repeatedly sell and buy a vendors inventory into the thousands, many items are worthless so running around thieving yields a meager and reasonable amount of gold, so far the best items have been obtained via quests appropriate to difficulty.

I'm enjoying it.  :D
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Vendors in Morrowind had a limited amount of gold. Once it was gone, it was gone for 24 hours, so unless you knew about the Mudcrab merchant, you were SOL for mass-selling unless you knew of a good spot in one of the major cities. Oblivion chose a different route; all vendors have unlimited gold, but they have a maximum "available" gold value, meaning they can only spend X gold on buying merchandise during any given transaction. So if Joe Schmoe only has 50 gold, and you try to sell him a magical sword worth 300 gold, you're gonna get majorly stiffed. However, Alexa the Alchemist, who regularly has a stockpile of gold around 800 (due to the expense of her wares), will gladly buy that item off you for the 300 gold, along with most anything else you have.

Oh, and one more thing I noticed, although I haven't 100% confirmed it: all merchants do NOT buy everything. Trying to sell Heavy Armor to an Alchemist simply won't work. And to that end, selling Heavy Armor to a Light Armor merchant will yield less profit than selling it to a Heavy Armor merchant. Makes the game much more realistic, and immersive, and gives incentive to just what you're willing to lug around.