The armor you never used : V

» Thu May 31, 2012 7:57 am

Hide and Fur armor. What is their point ?

You want light armor at the beginning of the game ? Just buy leather from Alvor and make your own Leather Armor set in Riverwood, it's even superior to those two sets.

» Thu May 31, 2012 7:08 am

Daedric, Ebony Orcish and Dragonplate

Mostly because I am yet to come across those.

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:55 pm

I use hide when making enchanted fortify smithing armor as it weighs 1 less than leather at 5 vs 6. I don't use dragon heavy armor... ugly. I've never used orchish... only dwarven, ebony, and daedric. .... and steel looks good too.

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:49 am

Amour I never use any so all of it! <- Archmage Hugo.

TBH I just use what ever armour weighs the lest and I like the look of as Every type of armour can hit armour cap.

The armour I cant really see myself using are Dragonplate and Daedric.

» Thu May 31, 2012 8:13 am

Hide and fur armor serve logic and verisimilitude.

Not every henchman and bandit can afford steel and such. For the same reason bank robbers and car jackers wear hoodies instead of bullet-proof vests.

It's one of those things that's ment to be useful to the reality of the game, not the player. Like food.

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:43 am

Well I wear Fur armor. Infact I loot it every time I possibly can just so I can have enough sets for enchanting.

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:29 pm

armor i will never use will be what ever is over cap when i reach 100 heavy armor.

» Thu May 31, 2012 1:00 pm

Hide and fur armor serve logic and verisimilitude.

Not every henchman and bandit can afford steel and such. For the same reason bank robbers and car jackers wear hoodies instead of bullet-proof vests.

It's one of those things that's ment to be useful to the reality of the game, not the player. Like food.

This, everybody complained at the bandits in glass in Oblivion.
It's cheaper, lighter and more comfortable than full plate so it's useful for npc who want some protections against wolfs and bandits even if they can afford better

» Thu May 31, 2012 12:09 am

This, everybody complained at the bandits in glass in Oblivion.
It's cheaper, lighter and more comfortable than full plate so it's useful for npc who want some protections against wolfs and bandits even if they can afford better

+1. Bandits in Glass would be stupid.

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:49 am

the db body armor my chars just look like they are wearing a latex suit... im really waiting for a mod to change the mesh before i even consider wearing it...

» Thu May 31, 2012 7:24 am

Studded and Fur.

I'll stick with Ebony and Steel Plate. :thumbsup:

» Thu May 31, 2012 8:39 am

dragonbone, simply because it looks stupid and is kinda emm nerdy

look att me I made armor out of dragonbones, it feels weird.

» Thu May 31, 2012 1:42 pm

I put on fur armor when I go into the mountains or when it's snowy out or it just seems colder than usual. It's not always about using the stuff with the best stats all the time.

» Thu May 31, 2012 7:22 am

I use studded, fur and hide because it fits my character. Level 79 and I see no need to use something simply for stats.

» Thu May 31, 2012 4:24 am

Dragonbone heavy armor....It is the #1 MOST useless armor in the game. It's higher tiered in the smithing tree, yet it offers less protection than Daedric armor? I understand dragonscale light armor is pretty good, but why would I go from Daedric to Dragonbone? Makes NO sense whatsoever...

And it's fugly.

» Thu May 31, 2012 5:43 am

Studded,Hide, Fur armor. Several variations of either and there's never any benefit to wear them past Riverwood other than looks. Real shame.
But Scaled Horned takes the cake, it's an upgraded variation of scale armor that you can't upgrade, imagine that...

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:57 am

Dragonbone heavy armor....It is the #1 MOST useless armor in the game. It's higher tiered in the smithing tree, yet it offers less protection than Daedric armor? I understand dragonscale light armor is pretty good, but why would I go from Daedric to Dragonbone? Makes NO sense whatsoever...

And it's fugly.

Dragonbone/scales are easier to find then Ebony ore AND Daedra Hearts

Dragon plate is lighter for those without heavy armor perks - the armor segment alone weighs 10 pounds less than that of the Daedric.

Furthermore, though Daedric has the higher base armour, Dragon plate has a slightly higher value once both armours are upgraded to legendary. The Daedric gauntlets and boots still out to their Dragon counterparts, the extra armour rating provided by the armour segment, shield, and helmet give the Dragon armour a slight edge over Daedric armour.

» Thu May 31, 2012 3:55 am

i have not used daedric. Just havent done a character yet that it felt appropriate on.

» Thu May 31, 2012 10:57 am

I never wear scaled. Too darn fugly. Plus corundum is actually not very common.
Can't wait to mod Plate out of the light armor tree, wtf?

» Thu May 31, 2012 2:27 am

Its glass armor for me. Always use light armor. The heavy armor just looks like fallout 3 power armor to me.

» Thu May 31, 2012 5:35 am

heavy imperial armor rules!

» Thu May 31, 2012 3:48 am

Nocturnal's Robes. It's the best looking female robe but not having an inventory icon is hard.

» Thu May 31, 2012 3:44 am

Anything that isn't steel armor. Waste of perks when I can hit the cap with it anyway

» Thu May 31, 2012 12:21 am

Anything besides nightingale.... which yes, I console "cheat" for my toons when they get to approximately that level (because I won't do that quest line....) I really dislike the rest of the armor in this game. Dragonscale is just "okay".... I'm really looking forward to what modders come up with eventually. Besides the naked babes of course *sigh*.

» Thu May 31, 2012 6:48 am

male version of ancient nordic armor.

It looks weird.

The female version though, I upgraded and gave to my loving wife Mjoll. And sometimes I just like to stare at it. Creepy? Maybe.