Am I the only one that likes lower level gear? : V - Skyrim

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:44 am

I think wearing full iron gear with a long bow and an iron sword feels more immersive. It feels way more...realistic. It kind of svcks because you're almost forced to get the Daedric/Dragonplate armor if you want to survive in Skyrim. Higher level gear looks too fancy as well. How often do you see a hero portrayed with really fancy armor?

I would love to stay at level 5 throughout the whole game but you need stamina, health and perks to be effective. Kind of svcks

I avoided good armor for several levels because of this, and went around in just fur. As a Khajiit, I looked like a merc/travelling vagabond which I thought was cool. Kind of based him slightly on Bronn from game of thrones.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:20 am

I love the lower level gear too, don't worry.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:50 am

I'm wearing steel instead of orcish because the former is just so cool looking. I want a mod that lets my character appear to be wearing steel but can have the stats used be whatever he has equipped.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:50 am

Ancient nord helm :mohawk:

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:59 pm

i actually walked around a good part of the game in hammerfal garb with akiir headgear. just cause it looked better then anything else
but game made pick something more viable now. now walking around in dragonscale with the guard helmet

kinda weird but i dont like any of the helmets of the full sets
they all look kinda stupid.

dwarven with the konhrik mask looks nice tho
so does orc armor and the (studded?) iron armor

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:29 pm

Elven armor for Thalmor characters, Ebon armor for Dark Elves and Plated Steel for Human characters.

That's what I think looks the best, if you ask me

Deadric is a bit over the top, and I'm not even going to comment on Dragon armor...

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:23 pm

Pretty much every armor set can armor cap you if you combine the crafting skills correctly.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:13 pm

I'm level 12 and wearing a health-fortifying studded armour I found. I often like to go around in fur as well, and upgraded to the best of what I can do at the moment, it's not that bad actually... It just really suits my character. Especially when mountain climbing or just in snow, fur armour looks the best. I mean, its frickin cold! Metal armour won't keep ya warm!

I also like that the fur has several variants, one of them shows off his Talos amulet (which I dig for the power, but also aesthetics, it makes me think of Thor's Hammer amulets).

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:23 am

im sure that soon we'll see armor mods with those low lvl parts with good stats for endgame chars

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:51 am

Glad I'm not alone in getting excited about higher grade armors only to be disappointed when my character tried them on. I had the same problem with Bethesda's Fallout with only the simple leather really looking the way I wanted.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:54 pm

I like lower level gear too. I wear light armor, and my fave is fur armor by far. Too bad I had to leave it when I leveled up.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:07 pm

Am I the only one who thinks that the Nightingale armor looks awesome on a thief/rogue type character?

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 5:05 pm

Am I the only one who thinks that the Nightingale armor looks awesome on a thief/rogue type character?

Nope.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:02 am

I think the lower level armor looks a lot cooler than it did in Oblivion, but I still like the fantasy armor more. Not because of the rating either.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:38 pm

I think most of the high powered armor sets look awful. I'd much rather they looked like Imperial or Studded Leather or Steel, but with great stats.

I agree completely. They don't look functional at all, with jagged protrusions and gaping holes all over the place. Welcome to fantasy setting, I guess. At least TES isn't as bad as some others... ugh.

I like the leather, fur, iron, and steel armors. Anything more advanced than that looks like junk.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:13 pm

I agree with OP. I felt kind of out of place in Skyrim's nitty gritty realistic environment wearing fancy outlandish armor.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:21 am

Some people like to rock the lower tier armors, and I'm guessing that's partly why you can improve armors through smithing, so that even lower level gear can still be a viable option.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:08 pm

Im partial to the blades armor myself, but yeah the top end armor looks fugly to me

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:43 pm

I agree I love the lower level gear, although I do wear a Daedric Helmet 'cause maybe it'll scare my enemies thinking I'm a demon :evil:

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:13 am

Could anyone explain the armor rating cap to me?

The wiki says this:

Damage reduction is capped at 80%. If you are wearing all four pieces of armor, this occurs at 567 displayed armor rating. If you have 100 skill and all relevant armor perks, this requires a smithed armor rating of about 135. You can increase your smithed armor rating by 1 roughly every 2 points of Smithing with the appropriate perk, or every 4 without. Therefore, at 100 Smithing you will need 85 base armor with the appropriate perk, which is not achievable with Light Armor (though Dragonscale comes close at 82 for the set) and requires at least a Steel Plate set for Heavy Armor. With Fortify Smithing apparel you can boost Smithing even further, which can potentially allow any material for which a Smithing perk exists to reach the cap. At the extreme end, you will need about 126 Smithing to make Steel Armor hit the cap, and about 154 Smithing for an Elven set. Unfortunately, Fur, Hide, Studded, Leather, and Iron armors are not affected by any Smithing perks and so cannot be improved as much.

Spells and the Lord Stone can reduce the base armor required to hit the cap even further, but these require more management.

What would seem to be the best you could do with iron? Also, is this not taking into account alchemy? And isn't the Lord Stone just a flat boost to armor rating and magic resistance?

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:52 pm

Add me to the fan club of low level gear , they just look much better and immersive , especially for a thief/assassin type of player

I crafted my legendary glass armour , but i still keep on wandering with leather armours like the thieves guild or the DB armour . I wish there were more armour designs , hopefully mods will address it

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:04 pm

If Ancient Nord armor counts as low level then I agree....though I do like the look of Daedric and ebony

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:25 am

I agree 100% i like running around looking like the Dovakiinh. What you could do is upgrade the armors to legendary that way you stand somewhat of a chance

Cannot upgrade Iron too legendary as far as I know since it is no perk for the material. I could be wrong though.

Anyway: I don't know if the Steel Plate Armor counts as low-level gear(it is almost as good as Ebony), but I feel like it is more immersive than ebony, daedric and dragonbone. I like the Ebony warhammer though.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 10:51 am

I've actually just been upgrading the fur armour because I like it the best (and it looks warm for the snowy climate). Definitely makes the game more challenging though.

» Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:04 pm

I think wearing full iron gear with a long bow and an iron sword feels more immersive. It feels way more...realistic. It kind of svcks because you're almost forced to get the Daedric/Dragonplate armor if you want to survive in Skyrim. Higher level gear looks too fancy as well. How often do you see a hero portrayed with really fancy armor?

I would love to stay at level 5 throughout the whole game but you need stamina, health and perks to be effective. Kind of svcks

I still use my Iron Armor, and sometimes Steel...

I agree with you, feels more immersive... the only way is to improve your weapons and armor.. =]