is the khajit night vision skilll useful for any part of the game or is it just a convenience?

Why do you need night vision in TES games? The nights are not dark enough and all the dungeons are well lit. Also the night vision is a bit rubbish as its on a timer (or use to be) and can only be used once per day. Should be a toggle to be honest. I do see though that the Khajit have lost the eye of terror ability that they had in Oblivion.

lolwut? Once a day? I've been able to use it every 60 seconds.

Check facts please.

Best power in the game imo.

Appears that it has been an update, the old once every day function in Oblivion was absurd.
Only useful powers was the summon golden saint and dark seducer who was useful in hard fights.

for a mage, the high elf power is pretty godly.

theres no real need for nightvision anymore.if u do find a dark place, use magelight. u can get a staff of magelight if ur not a magic user.

Night vision is On-command - I can spam it as often as I can hit the right bumper on my Xbox controller. It was also At-Will in Oblivion and Morrowind. Not sure where you got the idea it was once-a-day.

While it still has the thirty-second timer, it's also a toggle so I have it as-needed. As a convenience, I love it. The game's lighting varies from screen to screen, and some people are better at making out low-contrast details. Personally, I frequently find myself needing to use it.

I really like the filter for a number of reasons other than illumination:
1. Radial Blur - This is actually a mixed bag to me: When actively searching, I love how it focuses my view. When just exploring at night or in dark caves, I miss what peripheral vision I'd otherwise have.
2. Desaturation - It's easier to discern some textures, lights, and objects in monochrome.

EDIT: @ Larkhill:
why would I want to use Magelight? Night vision is silent(To NPCs - it's very audible to the player), undetectable, and always illuminates what you're looking at out to infinite range. Since it's a toggle, it's great for sneaking - you can turn it off to find shadows to hide in, and turn it on when you need to see. You can sell magelight to vendors for extra cash.

I love using it with my Khajiit. Try it out and make the decision for yourself. It's not too blue this time either. It works nicely.

theres no use at all. there aren't any places dark enough

You can see in the dark, duh.

And no, magelight/torch is not a good alternative if you're planning on sneaking around.

I've been using Khajit night vision constantly, really loving it, but today it stopped working and I feel crippled.
Anyone else having problems? I'm thinking it's because I equipped Amulet of Talos (Time between Shouts is reduced 20%)

The convenience IS why it's useful. duh.

And I think it's very useful. I use it often in dungeons, especially if the (real world) sun is filling my room, making the TV appear dimmer.


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Night vision has never been a "once a day" power.
Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim... you can use it any time you want.

I use it all the time being a sneaky archer, mean I can purposly wait untill night to go exploring and not have a light source that reduses my stealth.

Tho I agree it should be a on/off toggle, not a 30 second a time thing, hopefully the nightvision toggle mod from Oblivion gets a Skyrim version.