Torches... : V

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:55 am

I searched the forums and did not find any threads like this one. But it is for the discussion of torches being used as weapons.

Do you think that they will do fire elemental damage, and will they, like fire spells, will they catch alight shrubbery and the environment.

Also, do you think that it is a good idea to be implemented in Skyrim, and will you use it?

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:48 pm

It would be good if torches actually weighed something this time around

If they can be used as weapons, I hope that they can be continued to be used as weaker versions of clubs if they happen to go out or you get tossed into a lake.

It would also be nice to relight them.

If I hit a fire elemental with my unlit torch, it would be cool to see it light up again

:flamethrower:

» Thu May 19, 2011 12:16 am

I'm sure they'll make them a nice weapon at low levels, but I doubt it will be very effective the higher you are. I like the idea though. I know I'm gonna be using it.

» Thu May 19, 2011 9:29 am

It would be good if torches actually weighed something this time around

If they can be used as weapons, I hope that they can be continued to be used as weaker versions of clubs if they happen to go out or you get tossed into a lake.

It would also be nice to relight them.

If I hit a fire elemental with my unlit torch, it would be cool to see it light up again

:flamethrower:

Yeah, that would be cool! I didn't like it how that they simply disappeared when they went out.

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:14 am

I searched the forums and did not find any threads like this one. But it is for the discussion of torches being used as weapons.

Do you think that they will do fire elemental damage, and will they, like fire spells, will they catch alight shrubbery and the environment.

Also, do you think that it is a good idea to be implemented in Skyrim, and will you use it?

They will act like torches and it already said actions and spells affect the environment.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:22 am

it is actually really smart thtat they did that because in real life if i woke up in a prison and i was escaping and i had no weapon but a torch.. you can bet that is what i would use to kill all the goblins in the caves of the prison

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:20 pm

Hey, a torch was the best weapon used against the monster created by dr frankenstein.

» Thu May 19, 2011 11:37 am

if i can pick it up and hold it in my hand i best be able to hit someone with it especcially if its on fire. yes to torches being able to hurt people. now we just need for farming equipment to be useable as a weapon *wants to kill a dragon with a shovel*

» Wed May 18, 2011 8:42 pm

maybe theyll act as weapons that are built for specific circumstances
like burning away the webs of the giant spiders that live in the crypts, or burning plant like enemies

» Thu May 19, 2011 10:25 am

I hope you can start people on fire with it.

» Thu May 19, 2011 2:12 am

I hope I can swing a pickaxe. I know it's not in the game, but every time I saw a scythe in a box somewhere I've always wanted to use it as a weapon.

» Wed May 18, 2011 8:34 pm

yeah it would be cool to attack some bad guys using a sword and a torch. just like aragon, the dudes a freaking boss :tops:

» Thu May 19, 2011 9:39 am

if only you could like hit them with it and put a lil fire on em then cast a fire spell on them and they just blow up with fire!!! :flamethrower:

» Wed May 18, 2011 11:16 pm

it would be nice if it could frighten and hold off giant spiders (and other enemies) :hubbahubba:

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:14 pm

yea oh and how do you change that word under ur pic? like adept, novice, layman...

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:40 pm

i cant wait to burn a man to the ground

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:05 pm

I hope burns show on their body. If I hit someone in their arm, I'd like to see a burn mark. Maybe some burnt hair.

» Thu May 19, 2011 4:17 am

yea oh and how do you change that word under ur pic? like adept, novice, layman...

its how many posts you make i think 100 adept and then it increases from there, its on the pinned topics

» Thu May 19, 2011 2:04 am

When I think of a weapon and a torch, I think of Aragorn fighting off the Nazgul at Weathertop, sword in one hand, torch in the other.

Would be epic.

At the very least, I'm happy that using a torch for light won't OVERLY gimp us. Obviously, however, other light sources need to be preferable, as torches will most likely be fairly common place. Just hopefully not to the level of Oblivion, where I'm sure I had several hundred of the blighters sat in my inventory whilst I used night eye.

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:15 pm

Dual-wield torches to frighten animals? Sounds good to me.

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:59 am

When I think of a weapon and a torch, I think of Aragorn fighting off the Nazgul at Weathertop, sword in one hand, torch in the other.

Would be epic.

At the very least, I'm happy that using a torch for light won't OVERLY gimp us. Obviously, however, other light sources need to be preferable, as torches will most likely be fairly common place. Just hopefully not to the level of Oblivion, where I'm sure I had several hundred of the blighters sat in my inventory whilst I used night eye.

You pretty much said what I wanted to say. But it's cool that using a torch is now useful for non magic users. Instead of gimping you as you said, it now has a combat use to make up for not having a shield or other weapon in your hand. Always felt more vulnerable in Oblivion since the only thing you could use it for was light.

I like the idea of waving it in an enemies face though, pushing them back possibly for fear of getting burned as I slash at them with my sword or whatever melee weapon I happen to be using. Lord of the Rings springs to mind like it did for you.

» Thu May 19, 2011 8:46 am

I thought about this a couple of days too. Frightening animals an enemies with it would be nice and useful sometimes. I thought about breaking the economy of cities too. Maybe you can drop a lit torch on food, wood or other resources. What about :flamethrower: a windmill?

» Wed May 18, 2011 9:02 pm

Useful against trolls for the magically challenged.

» Wed May 18, 2011 10:18 pm

I hope torches are as mindnumbly anxiety inducing object as they were in Morrowind and Oblivion, nothing like a fading torch deep in a Cavern infested by beastlies waiting to eat your endtrails, it took a few mods, but i was ablt to attain that pitch blackness where appropriate in Oblivion, everything was so bright x.x how do you think the UI will handle switch to them or other objects?

» Wed May 18, 2011 7:22 pm

I hope torches are as mindnumbly anxiety inducing object as they were in Morrowind and Oblivion, nothing like a fading torch deep in a Cavern infested by beastlies waiting to eat your endtrails, it took a few mods, but i was ablt to attain that pitch blackness where appropriate in Oblivion, everything was so bright x.x how do you think the UI will handle switch to them or other objects?

I dont know, but that must have some really awesome dungeon crawling experiences!

I thought about this a couple of days too. Frightening animals an enemies with it would be nice and useful sometimes. I thought about breaking the economy of cities too. Maybe you can drop a lit torch on food, wood or other resources. What about :flamethrower: a windmill?

That would be... AWESOME

!!! I would love to frighten off wolves with it, or maybe they will simply not come near?

I too thought for a while about how you would raze a windmill, and your torch idea is probably the only reasonable one I have heard!