2-Handed Warrior: Light vs. Heavy Armor?

Post » Thu May 10, 2012 1:33 am

Kind of wondering what works best for a 2-Handed Warrior: Light or Heavy Armor?

I was thinking light would give you better mobility... But am still not sure.
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Amie Mccubbing
 
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 8:37 am

only difference i noticed is you can spring further in light.

Using the steed star sign on mine now so i sprint as far as light and gain a lot more fatigue >:)
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John N
 
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 5:23 pm

I went with heavy armour - having no problem at all.
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Javaun Thompson
 
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 2:25 am

I'm using light armor because it looks awesome and I need all the energy I can get for my crushing 2H power swings! It's hard to level up armor because I demolish everything in one swing. Except when I don't.... It's quite hard. I just picked up the +25% armor so I'm hoping that helps.
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Lloyd Muldowney
 
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 5:18 am

I would say light for faster movement speed. :obliviongate: :obliviongate: :obliviongate:
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 5:27 am

i'm using light w/ a 2h and it's pretty sweet ;)
i've killed 2 dragons so far and it's pretty tough, i'm sure it's tough for anyone though!!! :P
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 7:50 am

I went with heavy armour - having no problem at all.
Me too. I might try Light Armor with a 2-Handed weapon character later on, but for now I'm having fun playing in Heavy Armor.
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 3:12 am

Using heavy, have 203 armor rating at level 14 with crafted and up'd dwemer armor. I'm not really sure what to make of armor, i just fought a bandit chief that was taking 25-30% of health in his swings, luckily i won the smash face race but if armor matters i'm not sure what someone wearing light in gonna do against that...
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 8:34 am

Using heavy, have 203 armor rating at level 14 with crafted and up'd dwemer armor. I'm not really sure what to make of armor, i just fought a bandit chief that was taking 25-30% of health in his swings, luckily i won the smash face race but if armor matters i'm not sure what someone wearing light in gonna do against that...

Light armor can power attack more often dealing damage that hopefully kills them before they get too many hits in.
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 4:50 pm

Light armor can power attack more often dealing damage that hopefully kills them before they get too many hits in.

Really? Light armor can make power attacks more often? Are you sure?
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Post » Thu May 10, 2012 8:44 am

Really? Light armor can make power attacks more often? Are you sure?

I would say this is because Light armor has a perk which increases Stamina regen (+25% regen rate iirc). This means they can power attack more often because they get stamina back faster.
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