i read the playstation mag that has recently came out with alot of nice information, one tid bit i think that has been overlooked by the new information threads is the ability to upgrade weapons. it was stated twice that you can upgrade them through the smithing system, and ( if i read correctly ) you can use the 13 ores to craft, repair, and upgrade weapons. so that would mean i could take a sword, upgrade it, enchant it, and hopefully add poison to it making a really nice piece of equipment.

but my real reason for this thread is to discuss what kind of upgrades do you think we will get? could we take a ebony blade and add a silver edging to the blade to add a silver effect that would hurt ghosts and undead? can i sharpen swords giving them a temperary bonus to damage, or hone axes makeing the bleed effect last longer for a couple of uses?

what do you think we could do to our weapons to upgrade them?

probably just sharpening or making the weapon lighter, maybe that is where the elven glass sword came from?

elven glass?

Oh, you haven't heard.

noooooooo can some one explain this to me? are we getting more mixtures of weapons now?

edit:

ah i see nvm that looks like a lighting effect off the blade, nothing like glass to me.

It's basically the same story where people think a bag looks like an argonian. Or a man in background is... well, anything.

http://www.godisageek.com/wp-content/gallery/elder-scrolls-v-skyrim/skyrim-screenshot-ice-wraiths.jpg

People assume this sword is made of glass while ignoring lightning and other things.

we have really no idea what it means we just know that one article mentioned a glass elven sword

I would at least hope that it will allow at least two things - one, as OP suggested, to somehow blend or lace or trim a weapon with silver in order to make a normal weapon effective against things that resist normal weapons, and two, to simply make it possible to improve the quality of weapons so that things don't become obsolete - so that my barbarian, for instance, can use iron throughout the game without being terribly gimped.

I want a sniper scope on my daedric warhammer!

/stupidity

I reckon it'll just be a more integrated of the level 75 armourer perk where you could 'repair' something to 125% and increase the damage dealt. I think you'll be able (through unexplained, invisible modifications) to increase damage, reduce weight, increase 'toughness' (how slowly the weapons degrades) and so on.

I doubt we'll be able to customise the weapon's appearance, but that WOULD be a nice touch indeed. Oh, and I'd also like to be able to name unenchanted weapons, and also rename them if I change my mind.

That would be an advantage of mixed class, wouldn't it Smith yourself a peice of metal chuck norris, enchant it like a seven gram rock banged by charlie sheen and poisen it until it speaks to you in the voice of David Hayter.