Weapon/Armor customization : V

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:50 pm

I thought in Oblivion that there were too limited appearances for armor/ weapons, I believe mining has been confirmed. Would you support forging your own blades and armor, rather than just repairing your equipment after use?

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:26 pm

For some reason, do not want.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:16 am

I really hope they take note of these polls...

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:34 am

Would you support forging your own blades and armor, rather than just repairing your equipment after use?

You mean like the long-confirmed Smithing feature?

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:35 am

Yes, there are a lot of ways they could do it, one way I think would work good would be just interchanging the materials used in the equipment sets, for example say I like the shape of glass armour but don't dig the green color switch out the glass for ebony same with weapons.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:52 pm

well being mining, blacksmithing, and leather tanning were confirmed (smithing and tanning as jobs anyways) i would think it would be very feasable to craft your own weapons and armor, at least ones already present in the game. each grade would probably have a skill recuirement.

rust and iron = level 0 - 10
steel = 10 - 25

you get the idea.

also would like to see the visible wear and tear on weapons and armor too

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:38 pm

YES FOR THIS!
And if we make a bad metal mix, the sword will svck, a lot...

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:28 pm

I'd rather not create custom armor...I'll be fine with forging items that are already in the game.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:34 pm

...will we be able to punch down trees?

» Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:12 am

Physically forging and or sharpening and enchanting weapons would be interesting, I mean you can enchant weapons in oblivion, but the visual process of this is never represented, its the same with allot of the stat buffing skills in almost all RPG's, A visual representation of everything you do is something id love to see in skyrim.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:54 pm

Smithing is in I believe. And my Nord will definitely be forging his own mighty warhammer this time around.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:54 pm

Forging has been confirmed.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:27 am

I think there should be wear and tear, like a dent in your armor or some slash marks. Maybe some custimization like adding a Red sash to your armor, or something along those lines.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:05 am

I wonder if staffs will be any easier to make this time than in Oblivion, I hated being able to only make one staff. Perhaps one could use woodcutting to make a staff out of wood and then enchant it?

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:43 pm

I would be happy with reinforcing Armor/Weapons aslong as it changed in stats and appearance, or lets say you have a light armor but you reinforce it, and it changes into medium or heavy depending by how much you put into it.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:15 pm

I would like to create my own weapons but having it within some more realistic appearance.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:34 pm

i would like it if you could make your own gear, just as long as the best items, including armor and weapons, be unique and/or quest-related.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:33 pm

I think being able to have full control over the appearance of your weapon would be extremely difficult to implement but if it was possible then I would certainly like that ability.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:07 pm

Sure, I'd like to make my own weapons and armor

But, how would the forging system be like? I mean, I hate menus and it would be pretty boring to simply choose something in a menu, then to magically have it in your menu afterwards.

If it's being done, please do it right and perhaps in a mini-game.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:50 am

Yes, I love the idea of customizing my own weapons and armor. Another thing I'm interested in is repairing. We have to repair at shops now right, rather than randomly pulling out a repair hammer somewhere? Does that mean that weapon and armor degradation will happen more slowly now? It seemed like equipment degraded super fast in Oblivion.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:34 pm

You mean like the long-confirmed Smithing feature?

No he means forging there is a DINORMOUS difference

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:23 pm

I'm pretty sure it's the only reason they've put smithing into the game.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:21 pm

I think smithing & armor decal have both been confirmed correct?

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:41 pm

Yes, I want to be able to choose the handle, guard, and blade for my sword, also a design for each of those parts, when forging. But, maybe I'm asking for too much.

» Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:41 pm

Hmm, has anyone here ever played need for speed: Carbon?

They had a model modifier sort thing for they butt ugly body kits, allowing the player to change the shapes and sizes of certain sets.
I wonder if a similar thing could be utilised for armour customisation.