Skyrim...have you cheated?

[Kilo24]

I've effectively respecced my character when I realized that some perks weren't really that good, and that armor didn't penalize spellcasting (and that heavy armor had no drawbacks at all with a few perks) unlike in previous Elder Scrolls. Just added and removed perks, but kept the picks legal and the total number of perks constant.

Beyond that, nothing.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Ive used them to increase the fov, but nothing else.

 

[Havzad]

I use tgm(god mode) when i feel like murdering an entire city after a good hard day of "goody toes shoes" adventuring, i save before hand.
After selling off my 300 pounds of stuff I might use TCL when I backtrack to a rotunda like dungeon because I left some deliciously expensive artifact on the other side.
I used the money cheat once! and only once because after a buggy quest i was 2000 gold short, to me it was compensation.

I gave myself 1000 lock-picks because i'm not putting a single point in lockipicking but i still want to reap the benefits of expert level doors.

that's all really, i don't really cheat as in putting on god mode against a tough boss, that would be stupid.

 

[Nazulu]

Nope, never used them for anything, game works well for me. Also, I don't find cheating fun unless the game is really freakin' hard, then I can just mop the floor with the mobs that gave me a hard time.

 

[Dolos]

i dont really cheat unless i feel like screwing around and not saving in games. i only cheated on oblivion to teleport back to quest givers after finishing the quest.

 

[automatron]

I only used the console commands once, to change my character's name.
Other than that, no

 

[Beryl77]

No, there are games where cheating makes the game more fun for me, like GTA San Andreas but I'd lose interest pretty quickly in a game like Skyrim if I started cheating.
But it's nothing to be ashamed of. I don't see what's the problem with cheating as long as it's only a singleplayer game.

 

[Minjoltr]

Yes.
I've had to use TCL to get myself unstuck a few times and Eorlund Grey-Mane has vanished without a trace so I've been trying to use the console to put him back (had no dragon attacks in Whiterun and I've looked thoroughly around the area between the Skyforge and his house).
Also used a quest skip command but that was a test for a friend. He'd finished Diplomatic Immunity but Delphine wasn't giving him the quest to go and get Esbern so he'd been stuck for a while. The wiki suggested the quest skip as a fix for this bug so I tested it for him.

 

[crepesack]

I "used an exploit" in leveling my conjuration by recasting conjure sword in front of a trapped enemy. But that was because I didn't feel like fighting anything and I wanted 25 conjuring for the 50% reduction. The novice level spells are just terrible.

 

[DarkRyter]

Fix a buggy quest or two.

Maybe toggle collision off to make it up a mountain I didn't feel like walking around.

Other than that, no.

 

[Ecliptica Wolf]

Nope, and I feel like I'm having a lot more fun with the game that way. Play it how it was meant to be played, then you get the full experience.

 

[SkyKitty]

Unlike Oblivion, I don't have a reason to cheat.

Mainly cause the lockpick system isn't godawful and based solely on luck anymore.

Also cause weapons and such don't have the durability of a moist napkin anymore.

 

[Sn1P3r M98]

No, I haven't.
Also, does using the console for buggy quests disable the achievements?

I believe achievements are only disabled until you restart the game, at least that's how it worked in FNV.

I haven't used console commands aside from tcl when I can't find a path up a mountain or I get stuck in some rocks. For the most part cheating ruins the game for me.

 

[TheTurtleMan]

Well considering that I have it for the 360, I'm pretty much limited to the exploits already in the game. I don't know if you consider crafting 1000 iron daggers to boost blacksmith but that's about all I've done.

 

[SeaTimeless]

Not that I could on a console. Even then, I don't use exploits or glitches, just because it deprives from the experience.

 

[Virmire]

I looked up the best armor in the game and how to make them to see how far away I was from crafting it. Other then that, I kind of can't. No console commands, ironicly, on consoles.

I DID wander into one of those mega-tombs where you find Thu'ums when I was really weak, and ended up sniping the badly pathed boss for five minutes until he fell. 140 Steel arrows.

 

[Souplex]

Console version.
I also haven't used any exploits such as alternating between alchemizing enchanting potions and enchanting alchemy boosts until I can cap my smithing and make stupidly overpowered weapons.

 

[KelsieKatt]

No. I don't even use exploits on games, let alone cheating. I don't even use something as simple as manipulating AI path finding. (Example would be hiding in an area where an enemy can't reach you.)

Only time I cheat is if it's really funny or if I hate a game and want to just finish it.

Only other exception is if something is totally broken in a game and I've completely exhausted any other attempts to fix it and have no other choice.

 

[Vrach]

Nope. Got the pickpocket perk and a decent amount of Stamina, so I can carry 485 weight - more than enough as long as I stay slightly picky throughout looting.

 

[Jasper Jeffs]

I've used the console a few times, the only time it could be considered cheating though would be when I used it to level my Enchanting from 80 to 100. It's fucking pointless levelling it, the only reason I'd want it is for the lv100 perk which requires me to collect a shit ton of petty soul gems. They really didn't think much on what the level of a skill actually means; it's just a fucking number, perks are what matter. I'd extend that to the levelling system as a whole in fact. Bethesda said they didn't want people to chose their primary skills before the player knew what they wanted to do, so instead they implemented a system that makes the level of something meaningless and placed a reliance on non-refundable perks that pretty much determine the value of your skill; providing effectively the exact same problem.

The other time I used the console was with a newly made Orc warrior, I changed his default stats to 25 Magicka, 150 Health and 150 Stamina, I think I buffed a few skills too like heavy armor and two handed. That was more to solve another issue I had with the game though, upon your escape from Helgen you suck, every skill is a low level. My problem lies with the fact you're caught near Skyrim and brought in for execution, the game practically forces you to believe that prior to your capture you spent your time in the world doing nothing. I'm an Orc *****, what's to say I wasn't pillaging a small settlement 10 minutes before you caught me? And if I was my skills in combat and rape wouldn't be so low, gawd.

But yeah, I don't really feel like I've cheated, I would know if I did because cheating kills games for me. I just fixed a few problems I had with the game, I just wish there was a console command to remove my ability to shout loudly but have dragons exist at the same time. I fucking hate storylines where I'm the baws to rule them all and everyone sucks in comparison because I paid £40 and they don't exist irl.