I personally will use night eye because Im an assassin. I just hope they take away that god awful blue effect and just make it look like the room lights up.

Sorry if I emphasize it too big but...

I WANT CANDLES AND LANTERNS TOO
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Night eye is the best of them since it does not reveal your position. And normally I play mages so it is appropriate to use. In a fighter play through I might go with light, or an enchanted object that gives me light. Torches take up a hand so even with a fighter I don't see me using them often.

I'm using all kinds of light in dungeons only when the sun shines too bight and i didn't see nothing on screen because of blinks

I voted night eye since i play thief characters but i would use torches if they can be used as weapons

That depends on how they're implemented, really. Nighteye is convenient, because it doesn't effect the overall lighting around you, just how well you can see in the dark, so it doesn't make you easier to detect. But the way it made everything blue in Oblivion didn't really look so nice, so I rarely used it, I used nighteye much more often in Morrowind, but even so, I still like the feeling of exploring a dark dungeon with only a torch or other light source to light my way, so I expect I'll go with light or torches, if I need any sort of lightsource as well. In Oblivion, I often went with torches even when I could cast light spells as I have more control with a torch, I can put it away whenever I want, so I can put it out if I think I'm in danger of being spotted, with a light spell, it goes away only when the duration of the spell is over.

I play mainly fighter types and when in dungeons I put my shield up and use a torch in one hand and my sword in the other. It would be nice to have a lantern or a magical lighted object to use as an option to the torch but I hope they would remain lit when dropped, like the torch does. I remember some good fights in Oblivion when I would be searching a dark area and then get attacked. I would drop my torch and grab my shield and fight with the light of the torch laying on the ground illuminating the battle.

this is preciselly what light spell is used for. Low cost, gives light and let your hands free.

I normally use night eye, as I preffer stealth approach but when I want to see something with good detail I use light or a torch.

If I am using anything it will be a torch. The graphics [censored] in me just loves how Beths did the lighting from the torch in oblivion. Looked so natural and warm. :flamethrower:

Exactly!


Not quite what BellJack95 was saying. I believe they were wanting to not rely on spells.

Will depend on the dungeon for me, I really would like lanterns back though, missed them from MW in Oblivion.



Cats only see in blue & green, and typically night vision is shades of green, so it makes some sense.

Light spell. It's too convenient not to use. Preferably if you have an item enchanted with it and in Oblivion there were plenty.

(yes, it also felt like cheating :biggrin: )

I always used Light in dungeons for Oblivion. I made sure to kill anything in the room first then use light to look for loot. Night-eye was alright but I didn't like the color effect it produced. Torch is great for immersion and such. But my favorite would just be a detect life spell or enchanted item and combining that with a torch or light.

Torch

To me, it feels more RPG-like for some reason.

Candles and Lanterns like hlvr stated is a good idea also.

What if my staff produces light?

Depends on the character. Fighter, torch. Mage, Light spell. Thief or Assassin, Night Eye.

Night eye since I play a cat.

I thought that your last option was going to "LOL I don't use any since the caves are so bright!"

Torches: reveal you and take up a slot
Light: reveal you
Nighteye: doesn't reveal

And people like torches the best?
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wut

Not everyone takes a stealthy approach.

One thing that would be nice, regardless of which is best, is different colored light effects and of course lanterns.
I could also see them making a variation or two of night eye. Heat vision would be interesting too, unless that's lore unfriendly(I could see argonians having it) although I guess detect spells are similar enough.

Bring back candles and lanterns! Seriously, it was quite amusing how the oh-so-civilzied province of Cyrodiil had to resort to running around with oil-soaked cloths on sticks to light their way, whilst the Dunmer had paper lanterns and ornate braziers.

hope we get Gandalf-ish type magic staffs with light spell on them (constant with cool animation)

I'm going to use torches because my first character won't use magic. However, he's also going to be a stealth character, so I'll probably go without any illumination for about half my time underground anyway.

khajiit's always have night eye so that's what I'll use occasionally. I just hope there's no blue tint

In Oblivion I mostly just used Detect Life and ran around in the dark. I hate the psychedelic purple.

I play stealth and use a torch. You just select the torch to look around, and when you want to go stealth just draw your bow and the torch is gone. Want to look around again, just put your bow away and the torch returns. I never use a slot for a torch. I like to see the environment in normal colour, so I rarely use night eye. :thumbsup: