Whose to say that they are? A construct would have limitations in terms of how much it can weigh and still operate effectively just as a human has, if a centurion was made out of solid metal it would easily weigh up to a hundred tons, imagine the amount of power the machinery inside would require to move it. I haven't seen any nuclear reactors laying around in any dwemer ruins...

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Plus some Dwemer armour is just items salvaged from Dwemer constructs at least in past games which would suggest they aren't solid

On the other hand I did prefer it when ghosts and the like could only be harmed by silver/Daedric weapons and magic. Its a convention followed by most fantasy RPGs and by previous TES games which is not in and of itself a reason to do the same but changing the convention should have more reason than Bethesda just not bothering which is what it seems like given that there is no ingame explanation for the change

The problem is the damn hide shield deflecting arrows completely.

And yeah, I'm a bit disappointed that we no longer need to run around with a silver or enchanted weapon just in case we meet a ghost. That is imo unnecessary simplification.

I've seen arrows punch through several feet of wetsuit-type rubber specially chosen to stop arrows and crossbow bolts punch through metal plates.

How do arrows hurt skeletons?

How do skeletons move without muscles?

How do ghosts have blood?

The mysteries of Skyrim, perhaps we'll never solve them.

On the other hand, the spherical and curved shapes of some dwemer constructs would be highly effecient against arrows and other piercing projectiles since they will deflect off the surface unless you get a very clean hit...

Very true. There should be specific weapons that affect certian creatures and others . In Morrowind and even in Oblivion, I remember ineffectively trying to kill a ghost with my normal sword while he whittled down my health. then I figured I need a magic enhanced sword to affect them- Very nice.

Now, once again, the dumbing down continues and you can hurt ghosts with anything at all which is totally stupid. this makes ghosts, not ghosts, but just people who are see-thru.

Samewise Dwemer constructs should be immune to some types of weapon. I think Trolls are the ONLY creature that actually still stays tough to kill unless you use fire.

Bethesda dumbs down because they don`t want anyone to be annoyed by actually having to think around a problem.

I actually miss that. Gave me a reason to learn a spell, carry scrolls around, or even a certain weapon type.

Never knew what you might come across, it added another layer of game play imo.

I might just agree with Blade Watcher if he stops his incessant moaning about dumbing down.

I`m still in your psyche aren`t I?

Enjoy, cos it`s not going away until you see I`m right.

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Yeah, that one didn't feel right. And the ghosts, wearing armor you can loot after you've killed them too.

You are right, you're just so much of a dike about it that you're wrong.

100 tons? I don't think so.

This is 100 tons: http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/20060807_Gibraltar-Gun_100-ton-052_900.jpg

When I say 'parts' of them, I mean like the mallet head, and the pauldrons; segments of the forearm and shins. By definition it couldn't be entirely solid and have moving parts inside it (or boilers, or water).
Looking at its size that thing would HAVE to be ½ to 1 inch thick plate all over it just to stand up, or withstand the force of it moving. Such a construct should be utterly immune to anything but Dragons, the Giants or other Centurions attacking it. Six Nords with warhammers should be able to hit it all week and it not be too impaired.
*Unless its made of bronze ~which it could be.

** Edit: I read there are three types of Centurion. The one I've seen (and was thinking of) is the "guardian" model, not the "Master" model;
(This one I'm guessing: http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj125/Gizmojunk/centurion-1.jpg ).

But certainly the bigger Master Model should be even more immune to conventional human attack... (it'd be like ant bites).

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I agree. WIth such a large and varied bestiary in SKyrim, I don't like the idea of an all-purpose weapon. Definitely, ghosts and other immaterial creatures should be immune to all but magcal and enchanted weapons.

fire still vibrates at the same frequency as solid matter, ghosts do not and can't be harmed by anything physical. i dont mind anything being able to hurt ghosts because magic stuff and silver didn't make sense in the first place

on a side note, they can't harm anything physical either

Except a fireball is not normal fire. It's magic fire and that makes all the difference.

It would have been cool to have had damage resistances to get around. Like requiring weapons or arrows stronger than Dwemer metal to effectively pierce or harm the constructs and ghosts requiring holy or enchanted weapons of some kind.

I was surprised you didn't need silver weapons for ghosts either. I think back to Daggerfall, where they had ghosts/aparitions in the starter dungeon, with no silver weapons in site. Now Bethesda doesn't even consider it at all apparently.