teacake wrote:
Well, this is where you've gone wrong, obviously. When you get a new game, the first thing you do is find out who wears the coolest armor.
I did! Ebony Armor ♥
teacake wrote:
In Skyrim, the leather armor is clearly and by far the best, so you play a thief type and get proficient with light armor from the second that one guy cuts you out of bondage and tells you to take the armor off that other, deader, guy. That's just how it has to be. Really Maz, a gaming vet like you should know this basic stuff.
Heavy armor (mostly) > light armor (mostly). Until you get the Thieves Guild armor (minus hood), there's really no awesome light armor in the game, except for maybe Studded Leather Armor. And my OCD demands that I wear not only the most aesthetically pleasing gear, but also the most efficient gear! Hence why I was having trouble deciding between Ebony and Daedric Armor.
Besides, the awesome thing about Skyrim is that you can go an archer battlemage assassin warrior guy in plate armor if you want to. As long as you have the time.
teacake wrote:
Edit: weird though that your assassinarcherguy isn't already proficient in light armor.
I started out as an bow/sword/shield guy, went bow/greatsword when my Heavy Armor skill got up there (and I was able to get better gear), but later switched over to bow/sword/spells guy when I got the one-handed bonus perks from Sneak and the heavy armor weight removal from Heavy Armor.
My biggest problem when I created my character was whether I should go light or heavy armor. I didn't like most of the crafted light armor (lol Glass Armor) in the game and had no plans of going the Thieves Guild route (lawful good character, but he had a change of heart somewhere along the way). The conclusion was to get to 70 in Heavy Armor so I could wear heavy armor while sneaking around (because I love sneaky sneaky). Turns out my Sneak skill went up way faster than expected, so by the time I got to 70 in Heavy Armor, I was already up to Muffled Movement in Sneak.
Now I'm wearing the Nightingale Armor, though, since it's enchanted and my Ebony Armor isn't. Once I find some Fortify Archery enchants, though, I'm going to level up Enchanting and get me some Ebony Armor enchanted for shooting stuff in the face and stabbing them in the back.
After that, I might just go talk to those Greybeards and finish the Imperial Legion chain. Then I'll head to Windhelm and find a way to join the Dark Brotherhood. My will is going to include a paragraph about my grandchildren having to finish the last quests before they can inherit anything.
Edited, Jan 23rd 2012 11:46pm by Mazra