Are Runes actually worth using Post-Patch? : V

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:09 am

I'm wanting to make a bound bow / rune character and was curious if they actually do decent damage at higher level post patch(es) and if they FINALLY are effected by Destruction perks other than Runemaster?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:12 am

I never use them on my mage. They're worthless.

Then again I let my twin dremora lords do all the fighting, so.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:46 pm

I'd like to use a bound bow to bait enemies into runes. That or use Throw Voice to do it. Damn, not a bad idea. They svck though, huh? Disappointing.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:00 am

I'm at 66 and I still use them; they're not very effective against high-level enemies. If it isn't highest level enemies, I use the runes. They're actually kind of fun to use the weaker the enemy (especially if they're in a group).

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:25 pm

The bound bow is the most powerful bow with the correct bow perks and conjuration. I'm not very sure about runes...if only you could put more than 1.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:20 am

Hmm, I might have to give them a try. Still, the damage doesn't increase with destruction perks, right? Or stagger from Impact?

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:23 pm

The bound bow is the most powerful bow with the correct bow perks and conjuration. I'm not very sure about runes...if only you could put more than 1.

There's a mod to place more runes at a time.

To the OP, runes still broken wrt the destruction perks as of 1.2, haven't tested 1.3.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:09 am

Hmm, I might have to give them a try. Still, the damage doesn't increase with destruction perks, right? Or stagger from Impact?

Impact does not help, but dual casting seems to raise damage.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:12 am

I haven't played the game since patch, but something tells me that the devs will only fix game-breaking bugs and won't attempt to balance the game.

» Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:08 am

I'm afraid of that too. The zombies you raise have tons of problems and bugs, and i don't think they will ever bother with this.