I have gone through most of the game and have never seen a need for Telekinesis. I'd like to use it to open a door when you can see the lever on the other side of the door, but it wont work through the door. (if I am in error please let me know how that works)
In Morrowind it was good for stealing stuf from a distance. Have not found a need in Oblivion to use that skill.
Yeah, and creatures don't react when compassion gets thrown at them. That makes it far weaker then the gravity gun, even though bethesda claimed it was like that.
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A man once asked the Buddha, "How does one escape the heat of the summer sun?"
And the Buddha replied, "Why not try crawling into the blazing furnace?"