Glass Armor with Armor rating of 163?

Stingm on 13/9/2009 at 02:33

I am sure there is something I missed or don't understand. Glass armor with armor rating of 163 is over double what the strategy guide and this site says it is. Do certain skills boost it? Is it a bug? Thanks for any help in understanding this. :confused:

Nameless Voice on 13/9/2009 at 03:33

Your Light Armour skill increases the protection that Glass provides, so it's certainly possible for you to have a higher armour rating with light armour (or even no armour, if you're skilled in Unarmed) than you get from wearing heavy armour like Daedric.

However, I thought that guides usually give you the maximum value that you would have with 100% skill?

It's been a while since I played Morrowind so I'm afraid I can't remember what the armour ratings were like.

Stingm on 13/9/2009 at 04:00

The guide says a glass shield is armor rating 55 for example, but never says anything about skills increasing it. Thanks for the help! Glass is obviously the best for my character. :thumb:

Nameless Voice on 13/9/2009 at 08:21

Here's a quote from a (http://ie.faqs.ign.com/articles/540/540310p1.html) guide which explains how armour ratings work in Morrowind:

Quote Posted by "Morrowind Armour FAQ"

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VIII. DETERMINING ARMOR RATING
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To determine your Armor Rating:

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BaseAR * ( ArmorSkill / 30 )

This will give you the armor rating for an individual piece of armor. Assume a
character has a Light Armor skill of 91 and wears only Light Armor, all pieces
with a base AR of 50.

50 * ( 91 / 30 ) = 151.67 AR for each piece. The game will round this down, and
the individual AR will appear as 151.

To determine your total AR, multiply each armor piece by its weighted factor,
and then total them. The factors (shown as Percent of Total Armor Rating) are
actually listed incorrectly in the manual. Following are the correct weight
factors:

Cuirass - 30%
Shield - 10%
Helm - 10%
Greaves - 10%
Boots - 10%
RPauldron - 10%
LPauldron - 10%
RGauntlet/Bracer - 5%
LGauntlet/Bracer - 5%

(I tested these factors on my own character. Wearing just the cuirass, her AR
should have been 60 with a factor of 0.40, but it's actually 45, the same as if
the factor was 0.30.)

For the cuirass, multiply (151 * 0.30). This equals 45. Repeat for each piece
of armor you have equipped, and then total the numbers. If your character does
not wear a helm or equip a shield, the total AR will be 121.

NOTE: These numbers do not take into account how your Unarmored skill factors
in for any unarmored body parts, and the numbers also assume fully repaired
armor.

To determine your Unarmored Armor Rating:

( UnarmoredSkill * 0.10 ) * ( UnarmoredSkill * 0.065 )

Assuming that your Unarmored skill is 100, this will yield a max AR of 65, with
no armored body parts.

Armor Damage

To determine how much damage is absorbed and how much damage is taken, use the
following formula:

( Damage / ( Damage + AR ) ) * Damage

Assuming that a 25 point blow is landed and using the above armor rating,
( 25 / ( 25 + 121 ) ) * 25 = 4.28 damage to your health.

PeeperStorm on 13/9/2009 at 16:19

Glass may give the best rating for you, but does it look the coolest? I think not. For my money there's nothing manlier than an Imperial Dragonscale Cuirass worn with Imperial Steel Greaves and an Ebony Closed Helm.

Edit: Before I forget, if you insist on using light armor, the Telvanni Cephalopod Helm can accept frickin' huge enchantments.

Stingm on 13/9/2009 at 17:09

Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it. I will copy and keep the page you reprinted and search my game of the year guide again. :thumb::cheeky::D

Edit: Looks are kinda important, but taking little damage is more important for me..lol I may try a new game once I finish bloodmoon and try using heavy armor only and see what happens. I guess being a thief/fighter keeps light armor better for me because of the major skill of light armor. I will have to chane next time. Love this game, its an alltime fav for sure.

Dux on 14/9/2009 at 12:14

Quote Posted by PeeperStorm

He might look less manly than yours, but my character additionally wears pants. Somehow this is preferred by most conversational partners.

P.S. If you're going heavy armour, the daedric tower shield has the highest enchant rating in the game!

Stingm on 14/9/2009 at 14:32

Thanks for the tip! And yeah, I wear pants and a shirt..lol :thumb::cheeky::D

PeeperStorm on 15/9/2009 at 02:39

Quote Posted by Dux

P.S. If you're going heavy armour, the daedric tower shield has the highest enchant rating in the game!

Good thing too, because you're going to have to enchant it with a megasize Fortify Strength just to carry it around. Hell with that. Just give me a ring with a constant effect Bound Shield.