Because the majority of those states were ok with racism ? <| sep |> On a PS 3 with a hard disk Oblivion is sluggish every time you cross a map section . I replaced my hard drive with an SSD and it pauses for only a few seconds . If you have the PS 3 with a 12 GB RAMdisk it should be faster , but you ' ll have to delete any other installed games to make room for it ' s save files . I ' ll guess the X 360 is similar . If you have an old generation hence slower hard drive it will be sluggish . a RAMdisk or SSD is faster . <| sep |> The Trace algorithm doesn ' t seem well known . At least I can ' t find anything explaining how it works <| sep |> Mariota definitely the safer bet . <| sep |> I like the advice about the familiars ! I hadn ' t thought about that . DI play against BLightkings which tend to roll everything I have so I really like the Vortex Idea