Skyrim mage why not wear armor

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Browse More Questions. Keep me logged in on this device. Forgot your username or password? User Info: Neowww Neowww 9 years ago 1 So, should a pure mage wear armor or just enchanted clothes, considering mage armor is twice as effective if not wearing armor?

User Info: josteria josteria 9 years ago 2 I tried doing the enchanted clothes and found myself dieing a lot. Cool Armor Combos. Weirdest things you've ever seen.

Clearing the Game Cache on the Xbox reminder. You should get married as soon as possible in skyrim. Side Quest. What happened to the khajiit caravan? She's focused primarily on Conjuration, and has maxed out that skill and its perk tree. She wears precisely zero armor, has never cast any of Alteration's armor spells, and rarely uses any healing spells on herself. Her combat tactics revolve around sitting back and waiting for corpses to fall so she can loot them, while Lydia and her summons do all the dirty work; she dies far less often than any other character I play, and makes quick work of everything despite rarely casting a Destruction spell.

Kromey, I'd think that would be highly ineffective against certain high powered enemies. How'd you fare against Morokei? If a situation surprised me and I could not react to it I would pretty much die. Steered clear of the area for a while before coming back at him with a pair of storm atronachs which I did have to re-summon a couple of times during the fight , and almost had him when I took a backwards step off that very high cliff. A reload and some time later I returned with a pair of dremora lords, and he didn't stand a chance!

My summoner currently holds my personal record for lowest-level defeat of Morokei I had just broken 20 or 21 at the time. Kromey Very nice. I was level Yeah, that went about as well as you'd guess. I ended up beating him by eliminating the ghost guys, and then immediately charging him and just holding down Healing and swinging my sword like a madman. Not very magey, but I didn't think I could get out of Labyrinthian otherwise lol.

The mask was quite useful after I got it lol. Show 2 more comments. There are four slots that supply hidden armor rating. Armor does not affect casting speed. Community Bot 1. Amy B Amy B In all, there are several strategies depending on which magic you want to focus on. Not being rude, honest question: how do you know that is what was intended? They've fixed many minor bugs, so why not this one as well? Either way, I'm on Xbox, so I guess its a moot point.

Okay, fair point, they might have changed their minds during the design process. There is an enchantment in the game's files that grants the shout recovery bonus that indicates via its editor ID it's supposed to be associated with Morokei, although it is unused.

It's certainly possible it was created for Morokei and then deliberately removed. Still, it's pretty clear it was intended for Morokei, whether or not its exclusion in the release was intentional or not and there remain loads of unfixed, small bugs in the game, e.

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Improve this answer. Zachary Fish Zachary Fish 76 1 1 silver badge 1 1 bronze badge. Nathan Nathan 3 3 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. The wiki seems to contradict this Look at section "Damage Reduction". Yes, Joachim, the wiki basically says that it doesn't matter for max defense if you use armor or not since it's capped anyway.

Not only that, but even if there was no cap, highest defense is possible without armor, rather than with. Max is around ish using Ebonyflesh along with Mage Armor 3 Perk. You won't be able to hit armor for maximum protection without armor.

You may be able to use couple of bugged items that are actually armor but don't cancel out the Mage Armor skill, but at that point just wear normal armor.

Nelson not sure where you got this from: The wiki clearly states: " Not wearing any pieces of armor : armor rating. Can only be achieved using shield spells such as Stoneflesh and Ironflesh. Show 3 more comments. Grim Wrath Grim Wrath 31 2 2 bronze badges. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

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