I still hope it's suits, like this, with the new crafting mechanic, like, you make a "suit"of elven greaves, orcis cuiras, and leather boots and that makes a "suit

To be honest I wouldn't care if the armour came in suits as oppose to different pieces. Mismatching pieces look goofy and aren't a true reflection of how plate armour works. I'd rather be loot hunting for weapons and magical rings than for a matching right boot.

The fallout method sans glasses, with rings, amulets and the ability to customise and upgrade your armour would be my choice. However either way it's not make or break for me, exploration is the reason I love these games not the the ability to dress up my character

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THIS times 9000!!!!

Some of us like having mismatching armor, I think its fun experimenting with different armor types. Adding suits would make us feel slightly alienated whereas keeping seperate pieces keeps us sated and allows you to find matching suits, best of both parties.

i read the the OP and the first page and half of the second and it seemed fifty fifty on its one peice with a Helmet separated or all parts separarte
EDIT i meant to quote Yanks4Champs when he said you only read the OP didn't you

Hopefully its only in invntory but the have done it to reduce disk space and speed up the game engine i mean 60,000 lines of dialouge 130 caves,dungeons,ruins etc 100 places of interest i mean thats gotta be a lot of disk space so maybe its not dumbing down its speedin up but tbh it DOESNT MATTER if your that devoted to the game then you are GOING TO BUY IT simple as





I bet vanilla skyrim tastes nice

i am ok with this idea because you wind up wearing a full suit of (insert armor type) anyway. name one playthrough that you ended your character with mixed armor...to look cool doesnt count.

Why not just make elven greaves, Orcish cuirass and leather boots, then equip them separately?




Plate Armour? You know, there's not only plate armor in this game. True Reflection, we don't play fantasy games to get the true reflection of something!^^

Bur seriously, it's not just about combining pieces, it's also about leaving some pieces out in your gear. Like having just one pauldron (Gladiator style ) or a bracer on only one arm.
It's also about having the option to not use gauntlets at all, or not use a helmet.
And having iron greaves, and a fur cuirass, or iron bracers while still wearing fur boots.

Too many games leaves those options out!



I never wear a full set...

And actually, to look cool is the most important aspect of armor in a single player game. You don't have any other players you have to beat, so your armor is mostly for show.
Man, look at all the mods, if it weren't all about looking cool, why are there so many armor mods?!

This could just mean that clothing like a nobles getup would be all one piece instead of a shirt , pants and shoes. And " Armor Sets " could just refer to some rare / magical armors that come as a full suit instead of having to find each piece.

I would hope so anyway.

argh, that's my point, nothing changes!!!

I believe his point is that having the option is better than not

argh, sorry!

But it does change!

I really doubt that this is true. it would be a terrible decision and i'm sure bethesda knows it would dissapoint a lot of fans. I'd still buy the game regardless though.

Simple misunderstanding, sorry my good sir.

No, but a fantasy game or any other game for that matter must be plausible on some level, being ambushed by goofy looking bandits doesn't help.



That's one of the things i had in mind when i mentioned customisation and upgrades



That would one of the less outlandish combinations. it's when the higher level armours become available things get all techicolour and a bit jolting

Thats confirmation right there. Its probably just the clothing thats together, such as robes.

Man, still no clarification on this topic. Can't the devs take 2 seconds to just pop in and tell us "hey, armor DOES have separate pieces" OR "Armor comes in single-suits only"?

Or it's just variations of the same armor type. It really doesn't confirm anything.

That's exactly what Pete said 10 days ago. "Separate" pieces.

This, along with what Pete said a few months ago, then yeah. I'd say we are good.

I have come to save the day.

Definitive Proof that Armor is More than just Body + Hat.

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/3927/baldguy.jpg

http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/media/screenshots/spider-hero/


Stop Panicking. They're clearly the same armor, and they're both confirmed as Nords. There can be no debate outside of the crapshoot "They changed it from then to now".

The Greaves are different as well, I think.

A very good point, indeed.

Not only are they different slotted altogether, It's pretty obvious that the Bracers are of a different Material. The Cuirass appears to be some kind of Scale armor, and the bracers appear to be Iron with Nordic patterns on it. So right now, there's a mistranslated phrase from a magazine, taken out of context, Versus photographic evidence.

Also, it's a bit harder to tell, but the Pauldrons look different as well. The Right Pauldron is the same, but in the "Bald Guy" screenshot, the Left Pauldron (Our right) appears to be notably larger. This doesn't seem the case in the "Spider Hero" Screenshot. Again, because of the angles, it's a lot harder to tell than I'd like, but that's how it looks to me.

If the greaves are the same in both screenshots, it's possible "single-suit" means the cuirass and the greaves combined.