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Zundamon at Arms has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 1:33pm

Why do I feel that dragons are weak?

The dragon’s attack power is even weaker than that of a much smaller bear.

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Originally posted by worm_master:

Originally posted by withered:
Originally posted by worm_master:

Dragon Fire is hot, but not that hot, whilst it could melt steel armour, a block of stone wouldn't be touched.

Care to share your sources with that data? 😅 How do you know how hot is their fire in theory? In game one can only guess its pretty cold since wooden villages such as Riverwood are doing pretty well while dealing with flying flamethrowers. But if we're talking about Alduin - he can summon meteor shower. Poor straw will catch on fire, better hide it beneath some wood!

I have a degree in Dragonolgy, from Dr Ernest Drake.

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Mad_Commander has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 1:47pm

Originally posted by Lona at Arms:
The dragon’s attack power is even weaker than that of a much smaller bear.

There is different powered dragons. But once you are a top archer dragons are no problem. IF you are an archer then it's a super Over Powered Skill.

Morgan Fun Gamer has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 2:21pm

What level is you're character because for me dragons are weaker when battling my characters at high levels same with most other enemies and at low levels not that hard but easier as you level and dragonrend makes it easier aswell which you get after beating the main quest which you can do at any level.

[STD]Random Lead has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 2:50pm

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/23723

Knavenformed has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 3:52pm

They get more challenging at lvl50 or so, before that their HP values are quite low especially when on the normal difficulty

Added that you can make them "stunned" for a while with a power attack, chain a couple together and recoup with their telegraphed moves.

But do wait for Legendary Dragons

peppermint hollows has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 5:26pm

Their breath actually does a lot of damage on higher difficulties, and at low levels you don't have magical or elemental resistance unless you're a nord, dunmer, or breton (which makes it much easier). Once you get Dragonrend it makes them a lot easier to deal with though, the fact that they fly around is probably the most annoying part - a lot of areas in the game also don't seem to have spots where they are coded to be able to land, so they literally cannot stop flying.

worm_master has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 6:15pm

Even on Legendary, they are "weak", duel daggers can take em out.

withered

Jan 27 @ 7:28pm

Because they are. Fire Dragon attacks village and can - oh my god! - set some thatch on fire. Alduin - The World Eater - attacked dilipidated fort and could not turn it into ashes. Its game design, because otherwise it would be impossible for lvl255 heros to put a dent on 'evil' dragon with their toothpicks and magic shows.

DUSToid

Jan 27 @ 7:44pm

Install Deadly Dragons mod

worm_master has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 27 @ 8:37pm

Originally posted by withered:
Because they are. Fire Dragon attacks village and can - oh my god! - set some thatch on fire. Alduin - The World Eater - attacked dilipidated fort and could not turn it into ashes. Its game design, because otherwise it would be impossible for lvl255 heros to put a dent on 'evil' dragon with their toothpicks and magic shows.

Dragon Fire is hot, but not that hot, whilst it could melt steel armour, a block of stone wouldn't be touched.

withered

Jan 28 @ 6:40am

Originally posted by worm_master:

Dragon Fire is hot, but not that hot, whilst it could melt steel armour, a block of stone wouldn't be touched.

Care to share your sources with that data? 😅 How do you know how hot is their fire in theory? In game one can only guess its pretty cold since wooden villages such as Riverwood are doing pretty well while dealing with flying flamethrowers. But if we're talking about Alduin - he can summon meteor shower. Poor straw will catch on fire, better hide it beneath some wood!

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Kaelmato

Jan 28 @ 6:55am

Originally posted by worm_master:
Originally posted by withered:
Because they are. Fire Dragon attacks village and can - oh my god! - set some thatch on fire. Alduin - The World Eater - attacked dilipidated fort and could not turn it into ashes. Its game design, because otherwise it would be impossible for lvl255 heros to put a dent on 'evil' dragon with their toothpicks and magic shows.

Dragon Fire is hot, but not that hot, whilst it could melt steel armour, a block of stone wouldn't be touched.

Did you know that on average steel has a higher melting point than stone, really depending on what kind of rock we're talking about. So if that steel armor is actually melting, you bet those blocks of stone are not having a good day.

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alexander_dougherty has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 28 @ 7:10am

Originally posted by Kaelmato:
Originally posted by worm_master:

Dragon Fire is hot, but not that hot, whilst it could melt steel armour, a block of stone wouldn't be touched.

Did you know that on average steel has a higher melting point than stone, really depending on what kind of rock we're talking about. So if that steel armor is actually melting, you bet those blocks of stone are not having a good day.

Yes, but armour is a thin plate of metal while a stone block is a chunk of stone, the stone will melt a bit around the edges, but the armour would melt much quicker....

All of which is irrelevant, the actual amount of heat generated by Dragon fire is debatable and most definitely not set in lore. Plus some dragons have stronger thu'ums than others.
But the amount of known lore on this is minimal at best.

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peppermint hollows has The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Jan 28 @ 8:08am

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:
Originally posted by Kaelmato:

Did you know that on average steel has a higher melting point than stone, really depending on what kind of rock we're talking about. So if that steel armor is actually melting, you bet those blocks of stone are not having a good day.
All of which is irrelevant, the actual amount of heat generated by Dragon fire is debatable and most definitely not set in lore. Plus some dragons have stronger thu'ums than others.
But the amount of known lore on this is minimal at best.

On top of what you said, it's also safe to assume that the reason that everything doesn't get burned down by the dragons is because bethesda didn't program it in, duh...as withered said it's a game design thing and also almost definitely a game engine limitation. Really don't think Skyrim's engine has the capability of simulating fire spreading and burning things down, best they can do is put some flame particles on things. And in the intro I assume the buildings in Helgen probably get swapped to the destroyed versions during the moment when your camera is locked looking down at the floor while Alduin flies overhead.

So yeah - we can only speculate since the game isn't completely reflective of the lore...always the case with limitations of being a video game.

Last edited by peppermint hollows; Jan 28 @ 8:08am

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