If you can wear any armor as any class, why not wear plate? : Othor Games

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 12:03 am

This is one thing I don't fully understand yet. It's possible to wear heavy armor as a sorcerer for example.

What is the point then of wearing cloth armor if you can wear plate armor? Why would I go for cloth as a sorcerer?

Especially since plate will better protect me against melee attacks and I can work/enchant that armor to have stats that are relevant to my class.

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:12 am

More magick

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:59 am

Plate has benefits for health received and stuff

Medium (leather) has benefits for stamina and weapon crits

Light (cloth) has benefits for magicka and spellcrits

This is just a small sample of the differences.

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:08 am

Because the passives for light armour gives much better stat for a caster.

» Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:30 pm

also it [censored]s your stamina when you try to move while sneaking. making it impossible to sneak your way across the room. the ppl there will suddenly see you and then you have no stamina left to fight and then you die. also u will have decreased magicka. and if stealth and magicka don`t bother you at all then your only choice is pure warrior and pure warriors always wear plate so ye.

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:40 am

Annulment

Cast Time: Instant / Self
Cost: 60 Magicka
Create 15 point damage shield for 20 seconds.
- -50% damage from spells while shield holds.
Morphs
- Dampen Magicka: Increases shield based on pieces of light armor equipped.
- Harness Magicka: Restores magicka based on pieces of light armor equipped.

Evocation0 / 3

-1% spell cost per piece of equipped Light Armor.

Recovery0 / 2

+2% magicka regeneration per piece of equipped Light Armor.

Spell Warding0 / 2

+3% base spell resistance per piece of equipped Light Armor.

Prodigy0 / 2

With 5+ pieces of Light Armor...
- 5% critical chance for spells.

Concentration0 / 2

Spells ignore 3% of enemy spell resistance per piece of equipped Light Armor.

You can find all the set bonus's here http://eldersouls.com/elder-scrolls-online/skills They are def useful, but they are not so overpowered that your character would be severely gimped by choosing something else.

» Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:53 pm

If you don't like the looks of light or medium you can always put the "bigger" pieces like chest & pants (and maybe helmet) in heavy armor and the rest in light armor. Just for the looks of a true battlemage that can cast spells without much mana issue.

Thats my plan anyway, I'll always try to cover the chest and legs with heavy armor no matter what I choose as my main armor type.

» Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:13 pm

Look on the benefits from medium armor for sneak, stamina or crits - this suits quite good for a melee assassin playstyle. So, check out eldersouls like posted above or esohead.com for details.

You can wear what you want, but some armor type will always fit a bit better to a specific playstyle than another - but you can combine of course.

» Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:38 pm

Light Armor gives you great spell resist, magick regen, and overall the ability to cast more spells.

Melee gives you better crit, stealth, and mobility.

Heavy makes you tankier.

» Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:14 am

Thanks for replying to my thread dear sirs!

I know enough now

Go on gentlemen, go on.....