Exp points towards armor skills : V

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:11 pm

How does the leveling system deal with leveling armor? Is it the amount of damage you receive while wearing that armor or is it the number of times you are hit that decided how fast you level?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:22 pm

I would assume (like past games) it just being hit that counts...not the amount of damage.

so a skeever can train you as easily as a troll.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:18 pm

# of hits
Find a Mudcrab (no chance of catching a disease) and let 'em whack.

Note: You could just play the game and not try and exploit wilderness training. It could increase or decrease your difficulty.
If your actions make it too easy, please don't complain that the game's too easy. If it gets too hard, don't say the exploitation nerfed your character.
Same goes for any skill, smithing coughcough,
Just sayin

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:37 pm

I would assume (like past games) it just being hit that counts...not the amount of damage.

so a skeever can train you as easily as a troll.

Well that's what I would have thought, but I seem to be leveling up the most when I am in a dungeon where I am hit only a few times by powerful enemies and have tried to level up with a bandit attacking me with a dagger without it working. So I am inclined to think that it would be damage rather than hit count. I also thought it would be hit count though.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:12 pm

The harder the hit the more exp gained.

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Heavy_Armor

Note that when leveling up heavy armor/light armor, you HAVE to take damage from an outside source (i.e Equilibrium(Alteration skill) does not level up your armor)and the amount of damage will dictate the amount of experience you gain(NOT the number of hits you take) One way of leveling up heavy armor is by fighting with giants. From a starting level of 15, by training against a giant, you can reach a level of over 50+, within 5 mins of getting bludgeoned, provided you dont die. A restoration spell(Healing, Grand Healing etc) would be most helpful while training. Note that at early levels try to avoid the Giant's ground shatter attack with his club, Unless you have a lot of health to spare.

Find a giant/mammoth/troll to power level. Just be sure to have plenty of potions.