I've been playing a melee character so far, and I was thinking about starting a mage. Does heavy armor still hinder magic effectiveness like in past games? Or can I walk around spitting fireballs and lightning in heavy armor with no problems? Thanks!

Nobody can answer this?

I'm gonna assume there isn't and just make a heavy armored mage lol.

I've wondered this myself, but I don't really know the answer.

No, Heavy armor doesn't affect spell effectiveness.

The only real issue I can see with this is that in order to carry that much weight around (plus all your other stuff) will require a certain amount of stamina. Generally speaking you dont need this stat for a pure mage, so you wil have to split your point over all three attributes instead of just two.

The only thing Mage Armor as above Heavy is the added magical effects to help you, if you train Enchanting you can make Heavy armor just as good for enchantments as the normal mage armor.

I dont think so. If you get enough enchanting and such to apply mana related enchantments on your armor, they work about the same. I mean you can basically do anything in this game. I mean i'm the only Heavy Armor Stealth Archer that i know of. And the weight doesnt hinder you much.