best armour for me?

bennny28 · Post by **bennny28** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 2:19 am

Whats the best light and medium armour in the game? (in terms of armour rating) Could u give locations as well, ty. Sorry if there is allready a thread for this, just too long to look for one.

Rookierookie · Post by **Rookierookie** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:17 am

Glass armour.

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:52 am

Definitely, as Rookierookie points out. There's quite a bit to be found, too, and some to be stolen. There are even PC-based mods that add more in, and I think at least one or two let you make it.

Elrohir. · Post by **Elrohir.** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:53 am

Glass armor can easily be stolen from ghostgate in the tower of dusk lower level. Also if u have tribunal assasin(s) will attack you when you sleep on wilderness and drop a NICE set of armor.

Lonelypilgrim · Post by **Lonelypilgrim** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:10 am

Well,if you only want the armor-the breastplate,then i would say Cuirass of the Saviours Hide.It is an unique item,and can be found at Tel Fyr,on the highest chamber,in a closet.

bennny28 · Post by **bennny28** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:11 pm

Ty u guys. Wanna know what's the best medium armour is in the game now.

Tool · Post by **Tool** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 5:40 pm

the best is glass. If you are in the Fighters Guild, do jobs for the guild in Ald'ruhn (I can't remember the dude's name) At one point he will give you the key to his office and inside some chests are pieces of glass armor. Also, in Ghostgate, there is an armorer who sells in. Get some expensive daedric weapons and barter with him. It is very expensive, but bartering will be good.

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:06 pm

The Best Medium Cuirass, a unique item, is the Ebony Mail (not to be confused with Ebony Armor).

Highlight below on how to get it:

Spoiler

It is the end reward for the Temple Quests

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fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 6:18 pm

Remember that each piece of the very best armors (such as Glass) also can hold a reasonably good enchantment. So after you get a piece of armor you want to keep, consider having it enchanted with something you think you'll need regularly and don't want to waste mana on.

REal953 · Post by **REal953** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:09 pm

I like the Dark Brotherhood armor. It's not the best but its easy to get and it's one of the few all black set of armor in the whole game.

bennny28 · Post by **bennny28** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:28 am

[QUOTE=Tool]the best is glass. If you are in the Fighters Guild, do jobs for the guild in Ald'ruhn (I can't remember the dude's name) At one point he will give you the key to his office and inside some chests are pieces of glass armor. Also, in Ghostgate, there is an armorer who sells in. Get some expensive daedric weapons and barter with him. It is very expensive, but bartering will be good.[/QUOTE]
So, theres an armorer in ghostgate that sells ful glass? and i wont have to sell anything to him, considering i have just over 1 mill cash (not even done first quest yet

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bennny28 · Post by **bennny28** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:31 am

One last question

Ty all, one last question

where is someone that can train me in light armour? (list all known people and locations)

One man army · Post by **One man army** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:20 am

[QUOTE=bennny28]Ty all, one last question

where is someone that can train me in light armour? (list all known people and locations)[/QUOTE]

(NO)

There is one guy in balamor at eight plates (across the street from The razor hole) that trains light armor, he is standing by the bar. Other light armor trainers can be found in different thief guild´s.

cgardenh · Post by **cgardenh** » Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:12 pm

I believe that the bosmer in dirty muriel's in sadrith mora trains that as well

Marek86 · Post by **Marek86** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 8:50 pm

Use the ordinator armor worn by ordinators in vivec, it is the best, they have really good shields too. and all their other armor is like 150 or something like that. I have had this armor since the beginning of the game and I have never found any better armor. and then you can enchant it which is a plus. and how'd you get over 1 million Gold?

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:27 pm

[QUOTE=Marek86]Use the ordinator armor worn by ordinators in vivec, it is the best, they have really good shields too. and all their other armor is like 150 or something like that.[/QUOTE]

It isn't. Ordinator cuirasses, for example, are 45. Ebony is 60, Daedric is 80, Glass is 50--and much lighter than the rest. These differences carry across to other body parts, as well. Ordinator armor is good for medium armor, but that's only because there isn't much competition in the basic game. It's really poor in protection when compared to heavy and light armors--unless you buy the MW add-ons, then you'll find far better medium armor available.

Batai · Post by **Batai** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:39 pm

Check walkthrough for list of master trainers. I think the master trainer for light armor is a chick downstairs at the Andus Tradehouse in Mar Gan.

bennny28 · Post by **bennny28** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:10 am

thanks all u guys.

p.s. i got a mill by getting 5k and going to the scamp trader in gharok manor in caldera, selling himm all my gold, resting for 24 hours, and repaeat, do that for 1 hour and u can get like 1.5 mill cash

Marek86 · Post by **Marek86** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:56 pm

[QUOTE=fable]It isn't. Ordinator cuirasses, for example, are 45. Ebony is 60, Daedric is 80, Glass is 50--and much lighter than the rest. These differences carry across to other body parts, as well. Ordinator armor is good for medium armor, but that's only because there isn't much competition in the basic game. It's really poor in protection when compared to heavy and light armors--unless you buy the MW add-ons, then you'll find far better medium armor available.

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My ordinator cuirass is 150 and it's not enchanted....are you sure you aren't talking aboutthe "high" ordinator cuirass....all of the armor carried by the lower ordinators has an armor rating of 150.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:29 pm

[QUOTE=Marek86]My ordinator cuirass is 150 and it's not enchanted....are you sure you aren't talking aboutthe "high" ordinator cuirass....all of the armor carried by the lower ordinators has an armor rating of 150.[/QUOTE]

Are you sure you're not looking at a combination of armor rating and your character's medium armor skill? The figures I gave you before came from one list, but then I found the following cuirass values, drawn from this FAQ that is pretty widely used. These are right, and I remember finding identical values in Morrowind:

Daedric: 133
Ebony: 100
Glass: 83
Indoril: 75 (Ordinator)

Her Hand's Cuirass gives you 116, but it's worn by High Ordinators in Tribunal, and the Ice Armor Cuirass comes in at 83 in Bloodmoon. If you don't have those add-ons, you're stuck with 75 as the best armor protection at the medium skill. Both heavy and light are better in the basic game, heavy for its protection, light for its--well, lightness.