How do I figure out if my armor rating is maxed out?

[OniDaimyo]

I have a very high shown armor rating, like 1400+ so how do I figure out if I'm at the max damage reduction cap?

[mickydickybob]

From http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Armor

Physical damage reduction is capped at 80%. This occurs at 567 displayed armor rating when wearing all four pieces of armor, 667 when not wearing any pieces of armor, or 542 if wearing 4 pieces of armor and a shield. If you have 100 armor skill (Light or Heavy) and all relevant armor perks, this requires a tempered armor rating of about 135. You can increase your tempered armor rating by 1 roughly every 2 points of Smithing with the appropriate perk, or every 4 without. Therefore, at 100 Smithing you will need 85 base armor with the appropriate perk, which is not achievable without a shield with Light Armor (though Dragonscale comes close at 82 for the set) and requires at least a Steel Plate set for Heavy Armor. With Fortify Smithing enchanted apparel and Fortify Smithing potions you can boost Smithing even further, which can potentially allow any material for which a Smithing perk exists to reach the cap. At the extreme end, you will need about 126 Smithing to make Steel Armor hit the cap, and about 154 Smithing for an Elven set. Unfortunately, Fur, Hide, Studded, Leather, and Iron armor are not affected by any Smithing perks and so cannot be improved as much.

With the aid of enchanting (fortify smithing) and pre-made enchanting and smithing potions, and of course the appropriate armor perks, you can reach the armor cap with any style or type of armor in the game, even hide and iron armor. All without even using a shield.

Shields, spells, and the Lord Stone can reduce the base armor required to hit the cap even further, but these require more management.

[OniDaimyo]

That doesnt help me. All you did was copy paste. So is my armor rating high enough to reach the cap or no?

[O)))]

Originally posted by scott_henry:

That doesnt help me. All you did was copy paste. So is my armor rating high enough to reach the cap or no?

Actually it does, if you bothered reading the post or the uesp entry the answer was clearly there. But.....since that is apparently too difficult for you, yes you have reached the cap.

[Avatar1971]

Originally posted by crapmonster:

Originally posted by scott_henry:

That doesnt help me. All you did was copy paste. So is my armor rating high enough to reach the cap or no?

Actually it does, if you bothered reading the post or the uesp entry the answer was clearly there. But.....since that is apparently too difficult for you, yes you have reached the cap.

I guess scott_henry didn't even glance at the post. The answer is right in the first part:
"Physical damage reduction is capped at 80%. This occurs at 567 displayed armor rating when wearing all four pieces of armor, 667 when not wearing any pieces of armor, or 542 if wearing 4 pieces of armor and a shield."[/b]

You did say you have a AR of 1400+ right?

[mickydickybob]

Easy boys...

Hi Scott-Henry...you're nearly past the armour cap by 3 times the amount.

Nice one, very impressive...

Now go slay Dragon Priests, kill dragons and enjoy the game. You've done well to get such a high armour rating.

[OniDaimyo]

Or I did glance at the damn post, maybe I didn't want to figure out all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ math...apparently you just wanted an excuse to be ♥♥♥♥♥ while micky was the only one actually trying to help...

[gnewna]

Originally posted by scott_henry:

Or I did glance at the damn post, maybe I didn't want to figure out all the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ math...apparently you just wanted an excuse to be ♥♥♥♥♥ while micky was the only one actually trying to help...

But... you only need a very tiny bit of maths to know that 1400 is more than the three numbers stated as being the armour cap, i.e. 567/667/542.

[Hamsterbytes , bits and nibbles]

you contradicted yourself. You said mickey didn't help, but did help.

[Beef Hammer]

It's too hard to figure out the maths that 1400 is bigger 542, 567, or 667...

[OniDaimyo]

sigh, didnt say that. Considering that they talk about hidden numbers and such. You guys just wanted to make your epeen swell. Good job its swollen kids.

[OniDaimyo]

If you only need 567 armor rating to reach damage cap, well that doesnt seem as hard as they make it out to be at all. Esp with 100 smithing, enchanted smithing gear and a potion of fortify smithing. Guess I should unenchant all of my gear with armor enchants on it then since its wasted points.

[mickydickybob]

Hi Scott_Henry...

It's a game meant to have fun. If I chooose, I can find Skyrm to be as ridiculous as MMO's have become...

YOU are meant to have fun.

Please don't get angry with others,...

It's probably not worth your time...

All that matters is that you enjoy the game you bought.

Hey...maybe one day I'll come across your name in a specific field and think "What an amazing guy!"

Yet not know that this is you today....

Wouldn't that be amazing!