Light vs heavy armour

[Herbert]

Talking endgame with 100 in both not taking sneak into account because there are spells that can deal with that, which is better would you rather have speed to get away but you could use paralyze while backing away to deal with that

[The Flying Rodent]

I like Speed, so I wear no armour, and let spells deal with that. :)

[Bomb Bloke]

In the "endgame", with 100 in both skills, you'll be able to hit the defense cap regardless of which class you wear - and you'll also be moving faster in either than you would in cloth, because worn armour becomes weightless and inflicts no speed penalties at all.

But heavy needs to be repaired less often, for what that's worth.

[76561198034396398]

heavy armor,I just get a Sigil stone enchant my boots 150 points feather

[Herbert]

Originally posted by Bomb Bloke:

In the "endgame", with 100 in both skills, you'll be able to hit the defense cap regardless of which class you wear - and you'll also be moving faster in either than you would in cloth, because worn armour becomes weightless and inflicts no speed penalties at all.

But heavy needs to be repaired less often, for what that's worth.

thanks

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

I use light because it allows me to carry a spare set with different enchantments. Well, two spare sets: I have a speed set, a feather set, and a magicka set. I could probably do without the magicka set, since I also have clothes for that and I don't need extra magicka during combat.

My speed set has to be light anyway, since it includes the Boots of the Olympian and the Morag Tong Greaves. And my magicka set includes the Birthright of Astalon. I suppose I could have made my feather set heavy, but then I'd need to switch to it much sooner, reducing the usefulness of the speed set. Plus, madness armor is ugly.

The durability doesn't matter to me because I use chameleon and weakness stacking anyway.

[Nightingale]

As some others have stated above, it just comes down to personal preference really. I would have to go with light armor though. Amber armor just looks nice, especially the bow imo.

[Herbert]

Originally posted by Nightingale:

As some others have stated above, it just comes down to personal preference really. I would have to go with light armor though. Amber armor just looks nice, especially the bow imo.

i dont have shivering isles so im stuck with neon green glass

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

Ah yes, the rhinoceros frog armor. The one thing I don't care for with that set is the spike down the middle of the helmet.

[Brick]

By the endgame if you're a puremage/spellsword you can probably just use and 85 shield spell for 60-120 seconds

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

85 shield would be stupid expensive, and a pure mage or spellsword likely needs that magicka for combat. Bound armor and 10 shield is cheaper. Furthermore, shield is for people who get seen and hit; paralysis and chameleon are better options. No, I have jewellery with 97% chameloen, and I use a custom spell "Walk Lightly and Carry a Bound Mace", which does what it sounds like for a minute. Armor's just for the enchantments: 100 Feather, +69 Speed, +8 Athletics.

[BondageSpider]

I wear Light or Heavy armor to grind Speed and Endurance respectively, and then forget about it.

My main source of Shield by the endgame is custom potions, since by the time you have 75 in Alchemy you can make that out of a lot of common ingredients. I buy and harvest ingredients compulsively, so I always end up with more potions than I know what to do with.

Tomato, Orange, or Beef (buy from inns or harvest Tomatos from a farm)
+ Potato (buy from inns or harvest some from a farm)
+ Morning Glory Root Pulp (grows all over stone walls)
= Restore Fatigue + Shield + Frost Shield, enough to hit the AR cap with good potion gear.

Flax Seed (near the road about anywhere between Skingrad and Kvatch)
+ Sacred Lotus Seeds (in the pools of water in Imperial City)
+ about any Restore Magicka ingredient (Fire Salts, Steel Blue Entoloma Cap, Blackberry, etc.)
+ Potato, Tomato, Orange, or Beef
= Feather + Restore Magicka + Shield, good if you're getting the rest of your AR from armor.

(These both assume your Alchemy is 75 and you can see and use all four effects. Fortify Alchemy does nothing in this game, because it always uses your unmodified skill, but it's easy enough to grind Alchemy if you just make a lot of Restore Fatigue from junk ingredients.)

[Coylie3]

Neither light nor heavy armor doesn't really matter if you have 100 in each skill. You'll reach the cap either way.

I prefer light armor because it weighs less, meaning I can carry more loot.

[Herbert]

Originally posted by BondageSpider:

I wear Light or Heavy armor to grind Speed and Endurance respectively, and then forget about it.

My main source of Shield by the endgame is custom potions, since by the time you have 75 in Alchemy you can make that out of a lot of common ingredients. I buy and harvest ingredients compulsively, so I always end up with more potions than I know what to do with.

Tomato, Orange, or Beef (buy from inns or harvest Tomatos from a farm)
+ Potato (buy from inns or harvest some from a farm)
+ Morning Glory Root Pulp (grows all over stone walls)
= Restore Fatigue + Shield + Frost Shield, enough to hit the AR cap with good potion gear.

Flax Seed (near the road about anywhere between Skingrad and Kvatch)
+ Sacred Lotus Seeds (in the pools of water in Imperial City)
+ about any Restore Magicka ingredient (Fire Salts, Steel Blue Entoloma Cap, Blackberry, etc.)
+ Potato, Tomato, Orange, or Beef
= Feather + Restore Magicka + Shield, good if you're getting the rest of your AR from armor.

(These both assume your Alchemy is 75 and you can see and use all four effects. Fortify Alchemy does nothing in this game, because it always uses your unmodified skill, but it's easy enough to grind Alchemy if you just make a lot of Restore Fatigue from junk ingredients.)

can i just get all that from the mages guild/collage in the imperial city