I know that Glass is the best light armor and Daedric is the best heavy armor but what's the best medium armor, Orcish?

I think so yes, but I don't worry about what's best too much, just think about what suits my character best.

Some enchanted items that are medium armor is better than the orcish set. For overall set wise I would Orcish is the best

This is kind of in the same area so I wont open a new thread but can someone tell me what the best robe for a wizard is.

for unpatched version, the best was the robe that can give +15 to hp and stamina constantly. forgot it's name though.

the patched version it was change to give +15 hp and stamina per cast. still a good robe though.

The Robe of St. Roris?

sounds like it.

What about dreugh armor? IIRC it's better than orcish, both in weight and armor rating... difficult to find though.

Well its got better armor rating but theres onlt the helm, cuirass and shield. I was looking for full sets.

You are right... 18 cuirasses, 12 helms, 9 shields, 0 enchanted cuirasses, but no other armor pieces... too bad, they are really good

IF anyone knows me theyd know i spent a year trying to find INDORIL greaves. Ordinator armor is the highest medium armor, but there are no greaves. Same with dreugh armor. The next highest greaves are orcish.

however in tribunal, the highest is royal armor, worn by guards in mournhold.

You forgot about Ebony Mail it is the Best and its not Heavy But its stronger than any thing else and more powerful too!

No, Ebony is Heavy Armor and Daedric is better. But I thought (SPOILER) that Adamintium would be the best medium in Tribunal.

Adamantium ain't better than orcish - and it's not tribunal but adamantium armor addon (bethesda official)... I wonder why make such a crappy armor mod... I can understand the Le Femm armor for female beginner characters, but adamantium is really useless since orcish is everywhere to be found.

I thought Indoril armour was classed as heavy. At least that's what it says on my system.

patch your game, the patch make all indoril armour into medium armour.

My bad. I've already got the patch and it is classed as medium. I was sure when i first picked up my suit it said heavy!

If you have Giants-Mod. Glass now has a strong competitor. Black leather. Get it from ancient vampires. Very high armor class, and extremly enchantable. Match it with the Saviors cuirass, and you will be in the 200's.

Also, I just got the armorer plug-in. Have yet to really mess with it. But it allows you to mine, make ignots, and finally create your own armor from what is in the game.
Raw ebony
Raw glass
Dweemer coins
Scrap metal
So far. Will mess with it tonight and see what comes of it.

Felix

heavy armor should be much better than medium armor?? Am I wrong?

Not sure. But my Light Armor skill is 100, my medium is 52 and heavy is @45. I do know this makes a difference. I found a set of Daedric gauntlets (heavy) with a AR of 144, however my black leather gauntlets (light) have a AR of 166. Since I'm a weapon master, stealthy, acrobatic, mage, I prefer the light armor. I have not found any medium armor with an AR anywhere close to these.

Felix

yes, look at my character picture in the other topic, he is heavily armoured. His total Armour Rating is 240 ++. This is only ebony armour, I haven't found any daedric armour yet. so my AR can still be higher.

isn't it a good idea to pick only 1 armor skill as major/minor skill? with 2 armor skills it will be harder to gain level. What do you do?

I think the Lord's Mail curaiss would be the best Heavy Armor, then Deadric for the rest.

In my game the Lord's mail is medium; and its armor rating is lower than a daedric cuirass anyway

GAining level isn't a problem, it's even too fast: go for either heavy or light, forget medium. And pick only one.
Light allows you to carry more and makes you faster, heavy takes your AC to 360 or so but a full suit + weapons can weigh up to 400 - with 100 strength you can carry only 500, so you WILL need a fortify strength constant effect item if you want to loot anything, and you will also be slower.

I'm confused. My character is specialized in combat I'm afraid light armor will be weak for my character. I like full plate shiny shiny [img]smile.gif[/img]

it's up to you really Zoltan. I prefer the heavist armour possible the game can offer. some prefer the lightest armour.

A good warrior doesn't really need armor - anything must be already dead before hitting him [img]smile.gif[/img] - so light is enough, since it isn't really that light.

This would be true, up to about level 30-35. Then you must figure out ways to increase your endurance, and that would be training in Med or Hvy armor.

From the earlier description of the added weight of Hvy armor, here is what I'm looking like. All light armor, Saviors cuirass, Black Leaather; boots, gauntlets, greeves, and shirt. Glass pauldrons, helm, and shield. Total AC is 215, with a weight of a whole 62lbs, I have CE str at 209, and can carry 1,018 lbs of loot.

My block is @75 or so, and agility is CE @154, so I take few hits, for little damage. Unless of course, it comes in the form of Giants-Mod double pack of 'pac nix-hounds', but thats more due to my attack style than defend style. Must learn to slash, chopping not good.

Felix

heavy armor is my thing, can take a lot of punch