Board Thread:Oblivion/@comment-27023649-20151001115825/@comment-1918232-20151009233950

In Oblivion, self enchanted/made weapons and spells tend to be better than found ones, however found armour can be better than crafted as they can have multiple effects. Shivering Isles has a few things that are good to have, but most are once a day powers, and a lot of them can only be used in the Isles. There are a couple of good things like the Ring of Happinessand

If you're on PC, there is a Quest Award leveler mod that I use: http://www.nexusmods.com/oblivion/mods/13536 Just disable the .esm files for the DLC you don't have.