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I absolutely do understand why people would wear armour for looks. Clearly, a paladin type running about in tight, burgundy leather pants and a shirt would look.... odd..
But, if somebody simply wants protection, I don't see it.
As far as leveling light or heavy armour goes, I did inadvertently discover something completely cheesy... I quite liked the greaves from a clothing mod I downloaded. Since their AC was pretty low I placed a shield effect on them. Even when my greaves are totally destroyed they remain equipped, retain the shield enchantment I gave them, and my light armour skill continues to go up. So here I am, basically wearing greaves as enchanted clothing instead of armour, and it is improving my light armour skill...
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.......All those moments ... will be lost ... in time ... like tears in rain.
If they get unequipped can you re-equip without repairing? That sounds quite handy.
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Greetings from the Chickasaw Nation, to Dragon Wench & the Rest!
I've never played the previous "Elder Scrolls" games, just the fourth one and it's official DLC stuff, except for the last one, since it isn't on a CD or DVD for me to buy. (Plus many uncounted mods.) So comparisons are lost on me. I don't know how to use the Construction Set either. I don't have an X-Box anything, or a Play Station anything. But anyway, I provide that data as my background and point of view for approaching this. I saw my best friend playing "Oblivion" on his PC and that's what started my interest in it. But anyway, as for the Wrist Irons, save those from the start. Think of them as either armor or jewelry. Enchant them. Collect the set(s) from the "Jail" found in the depths of that underground village that you explore while questing for "Mehrune's Razor", a weapon designed for killing Daedra it seems. Then collect the set(s) from the Cattle holding cell in your "Vile Lair", along with the Leyawiin Shield and Bonemeal. If you stumble your way into the secret of Hawkhaven, collect some from there. Then you should have the set. Enchant one for Security, one for Strength, one for Hand-To-Hand, one for Blade, one for Blunt, et cetera. Now as for armor, hmm. When I play a male, I don't get all that concerned, as he usualy stays with the Rusted Iron or Leather set. But when I play a female, she's a collector who has at least one of everything to put on display using Reznod's Mannequins. Thus she's mostly a Nudist, so enchanted jewerly is her apparel of choice. Oh, and thanks to this one modder, her breasts are enchanted with Feather, and can be removed and exchanged for another set, since he made them like armor or a top. So to answer your question, I suppose armor is good for those who actively role-play their characters and actually think about what their type of character would wear or not. As for me, it is all about the eye-candy factor and that's why I use the "Eye Candy" mods.
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Who said, "It is not whether you get knocked up, but whether you can get down!"?
