Better to find? Or better to make? : V

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:41 am

Is it more fun to make your own weapons and armors? Or more fun to "find" them?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:45 am

Is it more fun to make your own weapons and armors? Or more fun to "find" them?

Both can be fun, just set yourself some limits not to powerlevel the crafting skills.

For example, "don't craft X type of armor before X level" (ie: Daedric before 50). You can still raise your smithing and upgrade a good item you found before that X level but simply not craft it yet. That way you'll be happy to find good loot and also be happy your crafting skill can upgrade it even stronger. Best of both worlds.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:43 pm

Personally, I like to make most of my gear. Then, I enchant it as needed. Because of the fact that there's no way to strip the enchantments and re-do them, this causes me to need to make more gears when my Enchanting goes up enough, so I can do another set of enchants. This repeats for quite a while, and I enjoy it.

Plus the occasional epic hunt for dragon bits or Ebony/Hearts can be interesting.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:13 am

Finding it is more fun and feels more rewarding. This game doesn't even feel rewarding when you craft your own OP gear.
I still stand on my opinion that smithing is the worst feature in skyrim.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:03 pm

Finding it is more fun and feels more rewarding. This game doesn't even feel rewarding when you craft your own OP gear.
I still stand on my opinion that smithing is the worst feature in skyrim.

And what about Enchanting?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:58 am

And what about Enchanting?

I don't use enchanting but from what people are saying it's just as OP as smithing.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:00 am

My hunter will only ever use stuff he makes and won't buy materials from merchants, he'll mine and hunt for leather and ore. I haven't gotten to the point of making that character though, as I'm unable to have my D.I.D. orc blacksmith be killed by anything, he's too good even without the berserk power. Got to go dragon hunting..

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:03 pm

I don't find smithing or enchanting OP. I find using BOTh can be though.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:27 pm

Is it more fun to make your own weapons and armors? Or more fun to "find" them?

I've never enchanted on Skyrim. I love still having a reason and an urge to dungeon dive and treasure hunt.

If I make an uber set of gear, then what's the point of looking for loot?

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:31 pm

Because you don't know all the enchants yet?

I STILL haven't found an item with Waterbreathing for me to disenchant. That enchantment just eludes me. Finally stumbled across a muffle enchant this morning.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:49 am

It is much more fun to find unique looking, powerful artifacts but unfortunately there are so very few of those around. So I have to smith them myself.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:50 am

Finding and piecing together a full set of armor is soo much more rewarding.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:36 am

Find.

Cheers

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:53 pm

I've never touched enchanting or smithing, yet, and prefer hunting for my valuable loot.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:00 am

I love finding personally, its early days but I found my first suit of dwarven armour yesterday (actually 2 suits, one encharted, both in the same chest), well happy!

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:53 am

Because you don't know all the enchants yet?

I STILL haven't found an item with Waterbreathing for me to disenchant. That enchantment just eludes me. Finally stumbled across a muffle enchant this morning.

Are you just trying to be a completionist or is there an actual use for that [censored] ability?

On topic: finding stuff is generally more rewarding IMO...especially enchanted stuff.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:42 am

Hail Sithis

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:55 am

Fun? That's up to you.

However, it's a lot easier to make your own armor.

» Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:31 pm

Its always epic to find great loot, but becoming a master blacksmith allows you to enhance those items, which is also epic.

I also use alchemey potions I create to enhance enchanting and Balcksmithing capabilities.

Enchenting items like gloves and jewelery, with fortify blacksmith also increases the effects of your upgrading skills on looted items

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:23 am

More fun to make. Aside from a couple of jewelry items and starting gear, I'm only using one item that I didn't craft myself. It made the early game fairly tough and has made the late game somewhat of a challenge. I'm Level 48 at the moment, but Alchemy and Enchanting are still in the 30s, so I'm using stuff with higher base damage and far weaker enchantments than is turning up in loot. But it's more fun since it's my stuff.