Hey all,

Obviously in Oblivion High Elves had a weakness to all types of magic. I thought they had removed that for Skyrim, but I noticed some people still mentioning it.

So, simple question being, is that in Skyrim?

they aren't weak to them anymore :-/

So they made a super mage without any drawbacks?

great…….

to be fair there's a super warrior race now... chack orc's bezerk racial, half damage taken and double done iirc

not like bretons WERENT before...and the bretons still are soooooooooooooooooooooo

I dont know they are pretty squishy.

pfffft with the great resistances and decent armor or alteration and restoration they are really solid, ntm if you are speccing in it, any race can be not squishy

I've always had an easy time with mages in the game *shrug*

Thanks, that's what I thought.

And yeah it sure seems like Altmer is the super mage and Orc is the super warrior.

For that matter, even if you were to play, say, a thief or an archer, I can see why Orc would be the superior choice...

Why are they a super mage? Do they still get the 100 magicka bonus that their elemental weakness previously compensated for? I thought all they had was faster magicka regeneration now.

And +50 magicka at start.

Nope no weakness.

High Elves get a constant +50 Magicka and the "Highborn" Greater Power, which make them regenerate Magicka 10x faster for 60 seconds. They no longer have elemental weaknesses. However, High Elves are still the TES equivalent to Nazis.
Bretons on the other hand have a constant 25% Resist Magic, and the "Dragonskin" Greater Power, which absorbs 50% of the magicka from hostile spells they're hit with for 60 seconds.