Confused with armor ratings and weapon damage between iron/steel etc

[Masked]

Just a quick question.

Any reason why the weapon I am proficient in has the same damage?

Example;

Iron longsword and Steel longsword have the same damage. Silver on the other hand is double that.

Iron vs steel armor is also the same.

Any reason why?

[Lord Klauth]

That's because you're very low level and your skills are also quite low, the gap in stats will widen as you improve your related weapon and armor skills.

[Masked]

Originally posted by Lord Klauth:

That's because you're very low level and your skills are also quite low, the gap in stats will widen as you improve your related weapon and armor skills.

Im level 11 atm, and blade is at 40 and strength is over 70.

So that means at level 20 and higher blade skill I will see Iron and Steel change?

I thought it might be a bug with Ascension mod or the Unofficial patch. lol

[Lord Klauth]

That's very likely, yes. Altough they will remain very close even with your stats maxed out, within a 2 or so damage difference, as iron and steel are adjacent tiers of quality.

[Masked]

Thanks!

[ZemX]

Don't forget to work on Armorer skill too. Once you get to 75 Armorer, you can repair stuff to 125 condition. This adds 12.5% to the damage the weapon deals when it's at 125 condition.

[Masked]

Originally posted by ZemX:

Don't forget to work on Armorer skill too. Once you get to 75 Armorer, you can repair stuff to 125 condition. This adds 12.5% to the damage the weapon deals when it's at 125 condition.

Yep working on that! I haven't played Oblivion since 2008 lol

[Xcorps]

Level has no impact on weapon damage.

Weapon damage is determined by tier of the weapon, str or agi, and the appropriate skill.

Damage = WeaponRating * ( Fatigue / MaxFatigue + 1 ) / 2 * max( SneakMultiplier, PowerAttackMultiplier ) * OpponentArmorRating * OpponentWeaponResistance

WeaponRating = BaseWeaponDamage * ( 0.75 + Attribute / 200 ) * ( 0.2 + ModifiedSkill * 0.015 ) * ( WeaponHealth / BaseWeaponHealth + 1 ) / 4

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:The_Complete_Damage_Formula