Ebony vs Deadric armors : V

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:11 am

Well I just made Deadric armor despite having Ebony armor, I tried it on and It had same armor rating as my Ebony one because when i made ebony armor i had some blacksmith philters.
But I just wanted to know which one you prefer?
Or some other you like?

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:15 pm

Ebony = Best looking. Daedric and dragonplate armor are ugly as hell.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:18 am

Your blacksmith skill doesn't affect the quality of the items you create. Upgrading them on the bench does.

Personbally I prefer the Iron Armor.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:53 am

Made = Created and upgraded

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:54 am

Made = Created and upgraded

Then yeah, everything is correct.

Honestly there is no armor or clothing I like and I've seen them all. The least horrible are the Steel and Iron armors.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:21 am

Ebony = Best looking. Daedric and dragonplate armor are ugly as hell.

This. And when fully upgraded with high smithing and blacksmith potions, the difference in armor is minimal.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 4:39 am

Ebony looks 1000x better. I don't like the Daedric this time around.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:57 pm

Ebony = Best looking. Daedric and dragonplate armor are ugly as hell.

Not to me,but i find Dragonbone ugly just as you.Homever i find Booth Deadric and Ebony awesome armor sets.Too bad that Deadric have better stats..

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:16 am

Ebony Mail yes, Ebony Armor no => incl. helmet, boots, gauntlets, armor.

Daedric boots, gauntlets, helmet yes... armor, shield no.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:55 am

I generally prefer light armors, but ebony looks better to my eye than daedric.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:47 am

My character's also wearing Ebony but ready to upgrade to Daedric, although I preferred the "look" of Ebony, not too fancy.
But I'd get the Daedric retexture mod before forging a Daedric armor..

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:14 am

After making Deadric I just gave it to Lydia - She has Deadric set, deadric sword and Ysgrimors shield.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:04 pm

Well I just made Deadric armor despite having Ebony armor, I tried it on and It had same armor rating as my Ebony one because when i made ebony armor i had some blacksmith philters.
But I just wanted to know which one you prefer?
Or some other you like?

For pure appearance, Ebony Armor all the way, it is the best looking armor in the game, by far! For armor value, Daedric - my Daedric armor puts me close to a 1000 armor rating, while my Ebony is in the 500-600 range. (I think, I will have to look at it later tonight to be sure.)

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:51 am

I've liked the look of all the armors I've seen so far - a vast improvement over Oblivion, and they were pretty decent there too, except for glass, which seemed to be translucent green plastic. Daedric looks good to me, but only fits a person who's some sort of unrepentantly evil warrior or warrior-mage, in my opinion. The lower-level to mid-tier armors - fur, hide, studded, iron, banded iron, leather, steel and steel plate - look the most realistic overall, but I can't knock the looks of the Dwarven, Elven, glass and ebony armors. Orcish looks pretty realistic too, to be honest.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:34 pm

I used the Steel armor (not plate) with the pauldrons for long time. Now i use a Guard Armor. It looks....well.....better then all the other.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:37 am

Ebony's great looking and daedric is nice for an evil type. I prefer the less fancy styles, though. I love the guard armor, hide, studded, scaled, iron, and steel (not plate) variants.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:18 am

Prefer Ebony Armor, specifically Ebony mail. Daedric weapons however, I would much rather have, although I haven't run into any yet, and can't forge my own until I can take that perk even though smithing is at 100.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:00 am

I use Orcish armor as my top tier for males, with Blacksmithing and leveling up my heavy armor it comes on par with Ebony anyway.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:31 am

I would buy DLC purely for new armour sets available, maybe some extra weapons.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:30 am

The thing that spoils daedric the most is the pauldrons..

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:03 am

i think daedric is as good aesthetically as ebony-i like the demonic red glow-however dragonplate just looks awful

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 11:14 pm

I LOVE dragonplate armor ( im one of the few

) but i wish it had the shoulder/neck armor of the dragonscale armor.

As for daedric vs ebony, ebony looks better except the gauntlets, helmet and boots.

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:31 am

For pure appearance, Ebony Armor all the way, it is the best looking armor in the game, by far! For armor value, Daedric - my Daedric armor puts me close to a 1000 armor rating, while my Ebony is in the 500-600 range. (I think, I will have to look at it later tonight to be sure.)

Yeah, your damage resistance from armor caps out (without getting into complex math) at 567. Anything past that's fluffy ego boosting only. Dragonscale + Shield on the light side can hit it fully smithed (and with all light armor perks), and Steel Plate/Orcish/Ebony/Dragon/Daedric on the heavy side (lower types require perks to boost effectiveness though). So anything of those six styles all end up being equally efficient when fully smithed (Glass might too, if you have a good shield to go with it).

» Wed Jun 06, 2012 3:08 am

I prefer Ebony in this game.

I didn't like it in Oblivion, although alot of people did. To me in Oblivion it seemed too rigid and clunky looking. But in Skyrim ebony armor looks really nice. Ebony weapons too.

» Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:20 pm

I heard there was a glitch were ebony did not work with matching set? I personally like ebony except for the helmet it ruins it for me, while i daedric has the coolest helmet in the game