So I have Daedric armor with 1k armor rating after a bit of smithing and enchanting. From what I heard there is an armor cap at like 537 or something? Does this mean I'm getting no benefit?
The protection different armor's provide in the late game is identical, but the perks are different.Zeckt said:Wow, good thing I went with light armor as heavy is completely pointless.
You also have the issue of special armor pieces. The most you can put on an item is 2 enchantments, but there are things like the Masque Of Clavious Vile that have 3 boosts at decent levels that use the heavy armor skill. Not to mention spellbreaker which is a heavy shield that does a ward when you use it to block.Zeckt said:Wow, good thing I went with light armor as heavy is completely pointless.
Are you sure about that?Jandau said:The top perk in Light is better - 10% dodge = an extra 10% damage reduction, whereas the Reflect from Heavy is kinda pointless.
I'm 99% sure that you still take full damage and the enemy takes 10% of that. The only thing that I'm not sure is if that 10% is calculated before or after Armor. If it's after Armor, it's utterly useless. If it's before Armor, then it's not bad, but Light's Dodge is still better.willis888 said:Are you sure about that?Jandau said:The top perk in Light is better - 10% dodge = an extra 10% damage reduction, whereas the Reflect from Heavy is kinda pointless.
I have not experimented with it, but I would think that 10% reflect damage means that you take 90% and they take 10%.
It would mean that both Light and Heavy top tier perks reduce the damage you take by 10%, but that the Heavy perk also damages your foes in the process, making Heavy Armor the better choice for non-sneaks.
But it could also mean that you take 100% and they take 10%, in which case Light Armor is clearly superior.
Unarmed attacks with Heavy Armor gaunlets do their armor rating in extra damage
I believe so. And if that's it's otherwise it's probably a small boost on top of the base stats.Vorakiv said:Actually the unarmed perk only goes off of base stats for the gauntlets