Robes over armor? : V

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:37 am

So yeah, I missed robes over armor for my battlemages in Oblivion. Anyone else want to see this return in Skyrim? And to what degree?

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:10 am

I want Robes over Armor and clothes under armor.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:03 pm

Yeah, I doubt they'll let us do this but it can't hurt to hope. I miss wearing a fur robe over my bear armor, made me feel so Nordic.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:35 pm

Baaaa!

Seriously though, it's logical to have a robe or some type of overcoat to wear over one's armor.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:05 pm

If they can make it look realistic, make the robe stretch out so you can tell there is armor underneath, then yes. Otherwise, I saw just leave it out. It might also work to just have the cuirass and pauldrons appear on top of the robe, with greaves, boots, gauntlets, and rerebraces (upper arm section) all going underneath the armor. This could avoid the unrealistic appearance of robes being smaller than the armor underneath them, while still allowing them to be combined and looking pretty badass.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:31 pm

I would like to see an enchantment on a robe that completely conceals the armor underneath.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:52 pm

If this miraculous new engine has good physics then I don't see why robes and cloaks can't interact with armour in that way. You can wear whatever armour under your cloak you want, but if the armour is bulky then the cloak is too. It only makes sense.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:46 am

I want Robes over Armor and clothes under armor.

What is the purpose of clothes under armor? Not sure why folks keep asking for this.

Robes over armor. As has been stated this presents rigging issues (clipping) but could still be done by mesh swapping with alternate with/without robe meshes. But again whats the purpose?

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:53 am

I want to be able to choose to have the robe cover everything, or having shoulder pads and cuirass over the robe.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:51 pm

What is the purpose of clothes under armor? Not sure why folks keep asking for this.

Well obviously you should be able to see the clothes in some way... like if I took off my gauntlets in MW I could see the stylish long sleeved shirt I had on underneath.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 11:19 pm

Why should it cause clipping, I'm sure that it would be possible to have a setting where your armor items are invisible when you have a robe on (ones that would be covered up, that is) there you go, clipping solved.

So yes to robes over armor, and double yes to clothes under it.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:36 pm

I want Robes over Armor and clothes under armor.

Yes! As for clipping just only render the top most layers.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:39 pm

I definitely want the ability to wear cloaks over armor. (If they bring them back) As long as there is minimal or no clipping.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:09 am

I want robes under armor! So I can put pauldrons and a cuirass over it.

Edit: I'm a sheep?

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 4:44 pm

I want robes under armor! So I can put pauldrons and a cuirass over it.

Edit: I'm a sheep?

http://i52.tinypic.com/2l9ilb6.png
That would be awesome.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:24 am

Cloaks over armor, robes under upper body armor and over lower body armor. That's my opinion, at least.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:05 pm

http://i52.tinypic.com/2l9ilb6.png
That would be awesome.

You could just put on a skirt and it would look like that.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:07 pm

So yeah, I missed robes over armor for my battlemages in Oblivion. Anyone else want to see this return in Skyrim? And to what degree?

There is a mod for it in Oblivion, same with wearing clothes with armor(and robe over all that). It took over a year I think to come out but its there(with minimal clipping, not like the earlier ones with a ton). Other than the level Scaling, the lessening of equipment slots compared to Morrowind was my biggest problem with OB. Took a while but with mods both are almost fixed(still no belts,separate gloves,pauldrons,but I'll live).

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 1:49 pm

What is the purpose of clothes under armor? Not sure why folks keep asking for this.

Robes over armor. As has been stated this presents rigging issues (clipping) but could still be done by mesh swapping with alternate with/without robe meshes. But again whats the purpose?

There is a mod for Robes over armor with very little clipping, Morrowind had it, Beth can do themselves and should. More equipment slots the better. One purpose in the fact that everything you wear can be enchanted or be special in some way. You could have a shirt with +2 str under your armor for example.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:30 am

Edit: I'm a sheep?

It means you'll follow the majority and don't care.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:09 am

http://i52.tinypic.com/2l9ilb6.png
That would be awesome.

That's not a robe: he's wearing a skirt. It's a similar design to what some Redoran guards rocked in Morrowind.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:03 pm

I think only Light or Medium armour (if it is included) to be worn under robes. Wearing Heavy armour under robes would mean your character would travel very heavily and would be too bulky.

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:32 pm

Robes over armor would be nice, as long as it's not a full-blown set of heavy armor. That would completely defeat the purpose of a robe to conceal one's self, and produce a ton of unnecessary performance draining physics collisions. Some chainmail and other low profile protective plating would be cool, however. A hooded cloak, not a robe, would be more reasonable for battlemage's wearing full armor.

» Mon Nov 09, 2009 12:55 am

Over a decade into the 21st century and developers still can't figure out how to make robes not clip with armor?

» Sun Nov 08, 2009 2:11 pm

I don't know why, but I would like pauldrons to be on the outside...but maybe I'm just being silly.