should i do the oblivion gates?
it was fine the first 5 times but this is is getting boring. Would it bad to use console commands to beat them instantly?
Posted Dec 12, 2021, 9:33 PM UTC
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I usually ~tcl my way to the sigil stone anytime I'm in a "repeat" map in a gate. There's a bunch of maps that are interesting to figure out once but tedious to repeat. If you're relatively high level, illusion and acrobatics can get you through a lot of them with minimal fuss.
In the end though, it's a game. If you aren't having fun, it's not going to hurt anyone if you use console commands or mods or exploits to skip past some stuff and do other things you enjoy.
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You don't have to close most of them, I think you can get away with only closing 3 to finish the main quest.
sigil stones are one of the easiest ways to increase a character's power.
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Don’t you only have to close like 2?
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3 are mandatory for the main quest (Kvatch, Bruma, Great Gate), but you can do up to 60 in a playthrough. When you're past level 21 the Sigil Stones give pretty good enchantments.
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dont you have to close like 7 for aid of bruma
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You can skip that
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Some pretty op enchanted weapons hidden in one the main quest gates.
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is one of those gates from the ones you need for the aid to bruma stuff
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Yeah I think so
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Sigh.
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Sigh what? I've done these like 20 times. What is even the point of doing them any longer? Please get rid of the "play the game right" superiority complex and answer the fucking question
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What's the point of playing the game at all if all you want is to get it over with?
And yes, you can just close a certain few gates and ignore the rest.
(What's with people who brag about how fast they got through a game, anyway? I thought the point was to enjoy playing a game without all the cheats and glitch-exploits. Might as well have a button to click on at the beginning that says, "YOU'VE WON! Everybody is dead and you own ALL the loot! Let us show you previews of the next exciting episode!")
I'm not a completionist but I do like to observe stuff and experience most things, even more than once or twice. (If I get bored with Oblivion gates, I do something else for a while. And I always do a quick-save before entering; if it's a plane of Oblivion that I've seen too often, I do a quick-restore and enter - almost always a different place. And, yes, I once closed every gate just because I never had in the half-dozen times I'd played it.)
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Who said I'm trying to get through the game as fast as possible? I had like 20 hours on my save before joining the blades. And I did like 20 oblivion gates. Seriously get rid of the complex.
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Devil's advocate here -- What if using game breaking glitches, "cheap exploits" or speed running is how some people enjoy the game?
Hell some people spend who knows how long to make beautiful characters, others acid induced nightmare fuel.
I think OP's question was harmless enough and was just that; a question.
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Well, you're right, of course. Thanks.
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I honestly just sprint past all the enemies and loot everything. It’s super easy to do and pretty fast, but there’s some good loot hidden in them at higher levels so it’s worth checking