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The Elder Scrolls Mountain Climbing Edition

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TheDarkoil
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So this is just a post documenting a game mechanic I thought had been left way back in Skyrim. In Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim there was a technique to scale even the highest of mountains and it was to spam jump at where two lines of texture meet and you could basically fly up vertical walls. Now ESO is another kettle of fish and has a fairly strict game world that doesn't let you go places it doesn't want you to......unless you are so persistent like me the game just gives in and lets you go where no Altmer is supposed to go.

So to start off I came out of a quest and was blocked by sheer cliff faces and I really didn't want to run all around the mountain to my next quest marker, I haven't been many places in Greenshade and there wasn't a Shrine near to where I wanted to travel.

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I tried going up the side of the entrance slope but there was an invisible wall but undeterred I tried the other side

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It looked a tight squeeze but I managed to fit my slim self through the gap and was met by what I figured was the end of my travels but spamming jump in the gaps helped me clear the first challenge

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After a bit of gap jumping I was then was on top of the entrance of the dungeon and figured I had reached a higher playable area

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What I had managed to do was get up out of the proper game area which was fairly bland itself, no enemies, nodes or anything

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But I looked up and saw the mountain top and thought why the hell not for old times sake and so set about conquering that peak using the old Elder Scrolls mountain climbing skills

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Nearly fell into the mountain

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But kept on

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And I finally made it to the top, the tree down below is the same one in one of my earlier pictures

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However even my professional mountain climbing skills have limits and I couldn't make it to the highest peak :(

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So me thinking I could save 5 minutes by going straight instead of around the mountain actually turned into a 30 minute exploration and climbing session and I still haven't made it to that quest marker.

  • Acrolas
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    Climb every mountain
    Search high and low
    Follow every byway
    Every path you know

    Climb every mountain
    Ford every stream-
    OH MY GOD SLAUGHTERFISH BLARGHRARG
    signing off
  • UltimaJoe777
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    Yeah I like exploring such things myself, and it usually leads to getting out of the playable game area :p
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  • Necrelios
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    This is exactly how I spend a lot of my time playing. I tend to wander off and get lost doing random things. But then again, I score a bit high on the adult ADHD scale so I imagine my playstyle to be pretty random and kinda like "Oh, wonder what's over there?! Wait.. what was I doing... oh look at that!" and then off I go! I don't get invited to a lot of dungeons....
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  • deadlock007
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    Necrelios wrote: »
    This is exactly how I spend a lot of my time playing. I tend to wander off and get lost doing random things. But then again, I score a bit high on the adult ADHD scale so I imagine my playstyle to be pretty random and kinda like "Oh, wonder what's over there?! Wait.. what was I doing... oh look at that!" and then off I go! I don't get invited to a lot of dungeons....

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  • FortheloveofKrist
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    Necrelios wrote: »
    This is exactly how I spend a lot of my time playing. I tend to wander off and get lost doing random things. But then again, I score a bit high on the adult ADHD scale so I imagine my playstyle to be pretty random and kinda like "Oh, wonder what's over there?! Wait.. what was I doing... oh look at that!" and then off I go! I don't get invited to a lot of dungeons....

    @Necrelios

    This is my favorite way to play also. My recent obsession is farming heavy sacks in IC. It's a little dangerous though

    Just call me Carlos...

    https://youtu.be/GjiSm4ZPVKM
  • Necrelios
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    deadlock007 wrote: »
    Necrelios wrote: »
    This is exactly how I spend a lot of my time playing. I tend to wander off and get lost doing random things. But then again, I score a bit high on the adult ADHD scale so I imagine my playstyle to be pretty random and kinda like "Oh, wonder what's over there?! Wait.. what was I doing... oh look at that!" and then off I go! I don't get invited to a lot of dungeons....

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    This guy gets it :p

    @FortheloveofKrist Cyrodiil has a some good spots for finding heavy sacks. I found a bunch of Kutas that way once so it can be worth the danger sometimes :D .
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  • TheDarkoil
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    Necrelios wrote: »
    This is exactly how I spend a lot of my time playing. I tend to wander off and get lost doing random things. But then again, I score a bit high on the adult ADHD scale so I imagine my playstyle to be pretty random and kinda like "Oh, wonder what's over there?! Wait.. what was I doing... oh look at that!" and then off I go! I don't get invited to a lot of dungeons....

    Yeah man, I never end up at my intended destination lol.
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    inb4 jumping into one of those objects that your character slides down for 40 minutes. I get so annoyed by that lol
    2013

    rip decibel
  • altemriel
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    nice idea!!
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