Best found light armor in-game? : V

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:34 pm

What is the best light armor I can find "in-game" that I DON'T have to craft?

Can I possibly find light dragon armor? Or daedric armor? Or do these "have" to be crafted?

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:12 am

Daedric is heavy. <_<

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:43 am

Apparently you can find any armor that is crafted in the game world as well, depeding on your player level.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:04 am

218 hours in and not a single piece of dragon-scale armor as loot. people have claimed to get is as a drop though.

aside from quest reward specific light armor, I'd have to say Glass is probably the best that will be found as loot/bought at merch.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:49 am

You can find everything. Just not reasonably. There's rare instances of people finding dragon____ armor. And I do mean rare.

Glass is relatively common. I actually find tons more ebony. But glass is for sale enough.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:50 am

I'm level 49 and I have yet to find any pieces of dragonscale so I'm not sure how much I would count on finding an entire set of dragonscale (best light armor in the game).

The Nightingale set is pretty awesome. I especially like the +25% to 1h damage on the gloves, which works regardless of if you're in stealth or not.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:19 am

The best light armor is Daedric with the Conditioning perk.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:56 am

You can find Dragonscale armor but it's about as rare as Daedric. Generally you have a chance of finding it in those big ol' fancy chests at the end of dungeons.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:32 am

You can find Dragonscale armor but it's about as rare as Daedric. Generally you have a chance of finding it in those big ol' fancy chests at the end of dungeons.

Oh, I didn't know that, neat. Guess I wont have to spend like 5 perks on smithing and can just raid every dungeon I find instead.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:40 am

What svcks about dragonscale/daedric is that all of them I've found have been enchanted. Because the same numbers used to allow very high level armor to spawn also make probable that it is enchanted it'll be very rare to find an unenchanted daedric/dragonscale item.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 2:05 am

Oh, I didn't know that, neat. Guess I wont have to spend like 5 perks on smithing and can just raid every dungeon I find instead.

Daedric and Dragon are so rare that by level 63 I found a Daedric Axe and a pair of Dragonplate boots.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:40 am

Oh, I didn't know that, neat. Guess I wont have to spend like 5 perks on smithing and can just raid every dungeon I find instead.

good luck. I'm sitting at level 65, 218 hours in and have yet to see it as loot. I can craft an awesome set of it however. Did I, no.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:38 am

Daedric and Dragon are so rare that by level 63 I found a Daedric Axe and a pair of Dragonplate boots.

I like it when things are extremely rare, it pleases the part of me that's completely insane.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:10 pm

Daedric and Dragon are so rare that by level 63 I found a Daedric Axe and a pair of Dragonplate boots.

Oddly enough those are the exact 2 high level pieces I've found. And some daedric arrows.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:11 am

You can find dragonscale armor as loot, but the nightingale armor from the thieves quest is also very good. Also the thieves side quests will get you guild master armor IIRC, which has a higher rating than both armors mentioned previously.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:06 am

I have found a pair of dragonscale gloves with a blacksmithing enchant. It was outdoors in a random bandit camp. Im level 42. Only Deadric i have found are arrows.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:09 am

ive found a dragonscale sheild in a barrow also the ony daedric is arrows

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:15 am

It's all pretty much random and luck based, also the lockpicking perk that gives you a +50% chance to find a special item helps, I've found dragon scale chestpiece in a cave at lvl 18

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:30 am

Now you are answering your own questions... what are you doing man lol.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 5:56 am

You can find everything. Just not reasonably. There's rare instances of people finding dragon____ armor. And I do mean rare.

Glass is relatively common. I actually find tons more ebony. But glass is for sale enough.

Makes sense, not everyone kills dragons.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 1:46 am

The best light armor is Daedric with the Conditioning perk.

How did people miss this brilliant comment? Heavy Armour indeed becomes Light Armour with that perk.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:52 am

I like it when things are extremely rare, it pleases the part of me that's completely insane.

Problem with that is many people just head straight for smithing and bam they have the best equipment in the game asap with little effort required... If people want good equipment, almost every character build is almost forced into going smithing, or goodbye best gear. svcks =(

» Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:57 pm

The best light armor I've come across so far is a quest reward. Doing the quest chain for the Thieves Guild. Nightingale Armor rocks.

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:45 am

Now you are answering your own questions... what are you doing man lol.

Not the same person as op, but wow similar names lol

» Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:14 am

guild master armour is beter than dragonscale? AR wise?
and due to some of it's bonus's being "locked" into theivery we probably wana go with Dragon anyway due to "matching set" for dragonscale with enchants we actualy want.