Do you fully explore the oblivion planes?

[Foina]

Hello.

 

I logged about 300 hours of play so far. Almost all of them spent in leveling my character (lvl 31 now) and seeing the world.

In short: I'm taking my time.

 

Only recently I started to close the Oblivion Gates. So far they're 4 (out of the many more I discovered).

 

The first 1 (Kvatch) was done like this: enter, explore every corner, collect (and sell!) every last loot piece, then go for the sigil.

Too much work.

 

The next 2 were done like this: enter, explore every corner, collect only the best loot (sold later), then go for the sigil.

Still felt like too much work. And it's got old fast.

 

The last one has been done like this: enter, do the minimum necessary to get to the sigil, kill whoever stands in your way, collect the best loot only.

It felt... good.

 

But then I thought about the missed opportunities I left behind. Maybe I'd have found something nice if I had explored every corner as usual. But gods, those planes are unattractive as hell. To visit the entire landscape feels like a tour de force, sort of a self-inflicted punishment.

I can't stand it... yet I realize that in so doing I throw in the bin a good slice of game assets.

 

It's a pity, I *so* enjoy the game. I enter every Cave, Fort and Ruin I find, and I make sure to explore every corner and collect every last piece of loot - then sell it.

But I can't bring myself to do the same for the Oblivion planes.

 

How strange. Is there something wrong with my attitude?

 

Do you throroughly cleanup the oblivion planes, or just go for the essential (like I'm doing lately)?

 

What's your stance?

[macole]

Oblivion is the name of the game, isn't it? Personally I like the Oblivion planes that so many complain about so I jump in every gate I see and explore every inch of them as I do battle with the daedra.

Edited April 14, 2013 by macole

[NoCoinsDraninus]

I tend to agree with the OP. I love the world of Cyrodiil. The planes of Oblivion? Not so much.

[AnArcticAnt]

I read about them on UESP (on my phone, so I don't have to close the game) and if I'm intrigued by something, I go to see it in person...which, being that there are only 7 different planes (not counting quest-specific ones) means you find everything there is to find pretty quickly, so I can usually get on with it without feeling a sting of regret over missing out.

[Oromish]

Oh dear god no. During my "recent" playthroughs I never even started the MQ, but back when I did have it active, I just went in and got the hell out as fast as humanly possible.

 

Caves, forts and ruins is where it's at for me.

[thomriis]

There are pretty good things in the oblivion planes, i suggest that you dont complete the main quest before you ranked up your level.

 

As you go higher in level new enemies as the flame,frost and storm atronachs will appear loot them for fire,frost and void salts to make some decent money or use them for alchemy.

 

But besides that you dont really miss anything there :smile:

[TheRomans]

I hunt down and banish-kill every enemy whenever I enter Oblivion, except for the timed great gate quest. But, I go back and clear out that world later.

[Camwe]

I have to admit, I hate Oblivion Gates. Clearing every corner is time consuming and just boring. The only gate the I explore completely is the Chorrol gate, where you can get the Hatred's Soul (which, when used with the Hatred's Soul Arrows, inflicts the highest level of base damage for a bow in the game, if acquired by a character level 19+) and Hatred's Heart weapons. Other than that, I just run through and ignore anything that ignores me.

[ImperialMan2]

Oblivion gates are pretty much the same you have to go to the tallest tower and remove the sigil stone which is always at the top.

Cyrodile on the other hand is very nice to explore.

[Foina]

Thanks guys for your comments.
The more Gates I step into the stronger the temptation to just tcl to the tower's door becomes stronger.

I know I'll eventually do it.
Level 32 still, with a Luck of 102, and I keep finding nothing but ordinary loot from the denizens of the Oblivion Planes. The only interesting stuff is being found up top near the sigil, either in the containers (The Punished) or looted off the guards (they occasionally cough very nice rings and amulets).

Instead my undying love for Cyrodiil and its Ruins, Forts and Caves is as strong as the first day. I just crave to lose myself in all that vegetation, collect flowers (okay it's a girly thing, but I still like it >_<), and murder the crap out of any opposition.