heavy sneakers?

TheDeadShadow · Post by **TheDeadShadow** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:22 pm

sneak skill expert makes it were your boots wieght does not effect you being detected..does this mean i can be sneaky while wearing heavy armor?

galraen · Post by **galraen** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:18 pm

Yes, idiotic but that's how it is.

lifeishell91 · Post by **lifeishell91** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:34 am

But it helps if you take your boots off

TheDeadShadow · Post by **TheDeadShadow** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:21 pm

thanks i was just wondering becuse i made a hybrid thief/warrior.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:23 pm

Hm. Putting heavy armour on a thief type seems a bit... perverse! :laugh:

TheDeadShadow · Post by **TheDeadShadow** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:47 pm

well he also wears light armor..here are the skillz...heavey armor,light armor,blade,block,marksmen,sneak,sucrity.its working pretty good so far.its just a little expermint i came up with whe ni was bored.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:27 pm

You have both armour types in major skills? Not something I would do, personally. But then, I never use armour for any longer than I have to! If it works for you, fair enough, but even so, why both armour skills? You are bound to neglect one for the other, or, if you are balancing them, neither will progress as rapidly as just one. It may be of more benefit to your character to have another skill in place of the second armour skill. Armourer, for example, to repair magical items as soon as possible... Just my opinion, of course.

We each have our own character concepts.

TheDeadShadow · Post by **TheDeadShadow** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:16 pm

this is my first time having both types of armor.id say its going pretty good i wear both at one time sur eit may not progress as fast but i think its a balence between speed and protection.

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:21 pm

Yeah, I have worn both types at once myself - notably in the starter dungeon, but have never, ever, had an armour skill as a major skill; but I have used heavy shield with light armour or with enchanted clothing. But I have to say I prefer to use light armour, since it is less weight to cart around with you! My first prefernce, though, is enchanted clothing, with enchanted light shield and light gauntlets.

But it's nice to play around with stuff.

TheDeadShadow · Post by **TheDeadShadow** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:32 pm

i like clothing too but unfortanitly they took away the "unarmored" skill that was in morrowind

Fljotsdale · Post by **Fljotsdale** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 4:52 pm

Yeah; but you can enchant clothing with Shield spells, you know? I join the Mage Guild on purpose to purchase Fire, Frost, and Shock Shield spells (not resistance spells), which I then use with Soul Gems on the Altar of Enchanting in the Mage Tower. Do you have the Expansion? It's worth it!
The beauty of the elemental SHIELD spells on clothing is that they not only give you some shielding from the elements, but also THE SAME AMOUNT of normal Shield effect. Which can be better than any regular armour shielding, and without the weight.