Take this thread as a "What should Oblivion have been" or "What can TES V be." The outcome is probably the exact same anyway

Anyway, we can assess numbers of people who are in favour of the compass with this thread. We can find out what people want done with it, or wish was done with it.

I'll deal with my attitudes to each of the poll options - I don't require anyone else to do this, so don't feel obligated.

I liked it. it should stay
I disagree with this one, as I felt it was added to fit into a larger audience, so people would have the incentive to play on if they weren't hardcore gamers.

People who had friends with this game would play it for maybe half an hour, and if they knew what they were doing, and not getting frustrated like they might have done if they were playing Morrowind in same friends house, and decided against buying it.

I personally played Morrowind over in a friends house before buying the game, and I bought it for exactly the opposite reason - I felt I could explore anywhere and have fun.

I hated it, it should go
I'd like the game without the compass for sure. Though I know they felt that it was obligatory because the fact that NPCs went on their schedules.

To me, it was unrealistic having the ability to have a compass detect people like that. I say no to compass detecting people, anyway, personally. Locations I can deal with, not people.

Nautical points
You have a map, in game and in real life, so I felt that Nautical points compass would be ok as a just when you get directions to have an on screen representation to confirm you are going the right way.

Limited range
This could work quite well, for instance at Cheydinhal you will not see something at Anvil being pointed out to you... I think a set paramater could work quite well here.

Sliders
My problem with sliders is I feel we shouldn't have to adjust sliders to accomodate us. I don't like messing with the difficulty slider, as I should feel i'm going into a world, not tweaking the world. Though i'm open to counter points on that.

A slider for on or off, thats fine, i'd end up switching it off assuming nautical wasn't an option.

Summary
I guess you could say i'm mixed in my opinions. I guess you could say at the moment i'd go with Nautical (or compass points)

Omg Rane - you're 60 days short? Congrats!

Yer siggy says you have 58 days left now. I thought you meant in the armed services...we used to call that going short. As in short tour of duty.

I use the compass all the time too. Except with the cities I really know the way between.

No no, if they'll be pissed with anyone it'll be me for not reading the post slow enough to see who it was from. I used to be in the USAF and was just happy for Rane noticing his Siggy. Sorry about that but if you stick around long enough you'll find out that I am famous for mixing people up and Rane is one of the primary ones I do that with. OHH NOO, he is gonna be pissed at me now.

(Pssst-Perhaps we could both delete and pretend it never happened hehehe)

I put electrical tape over my compass in Oblivion). And not everybody who uses this 'mod' is on console. I've read about a couple of PC players who have adopted it in some manner!

I voted for sliders. That way my preference doesn't interfere with someone else's. Maybe in TES 6, lol.

I personally like it, but I voted for sliders. Everyone should get what they want.

Hopefully Bethsoft learn from what the modders produce.

Hopefully Bethsoft learn from what the modders produce.

I just did not get along with the whole enemy radar thing.

Anyway, I not only don't play with a compass in Oblivion and Skyrim, I've also stopped looking at the in-game map. I have not opened a map in either game since sometime last year. It makes the game world feel 4 or 5 times larger to me. It's just an incredibly astounding difference.

Playing without a map and quest objectives has its appeal, but I just don't have the time to play with out them.

I love exploring and I love getting lost.

But I'm sure that someone with less time to play is going to find playing without a map (or playing without fast travel) not much fun, and I don't blame them.

After spending months borrowing Renee's no compass mod for consoles, I barely even notice the compass when I'm playing, and generally ignore it even if I do.

I can't ignore it, I find it distracting, since it's always moving around. There are times (for instance) that I'll get into bed and forget to put some tape over the compass. I'll start gaming. Within seconds, the compass is moving around and around. Gets on my nerves!