Morrowotcha on 20/6/2002 at 14:44
Just been trading with the armourer in Pelagaid. Why is it that the plate steel variant of the Imperial armour is more expensive than the chain steel variant, which has higher armour and durability ratings ? Is this a bug/quirk ? As soon as I sold him the plate steel stuff, he put it on !!! including an iron helm I sold him. Wierdo !!!
wandering mage on 20/6/2002 at 16:52
There are two things you haven't considered. rarity of the item (not the case in this situtation), and the enchantment ability of the item. If I remember right imperial items have a high enchantment value. Don't hold me to that of course, i really don't play with imperial stuff.
Morrowotcha on 21/6/2002 at 12:35
I'll check this out some time and report back.
Of ocurse it could just be that the guy doesn't like me ! He told me to sod off once. But what am I supposed to do ? I have a lot of gear (weaponry etc) to off load and I'm not walking all the way to S.N. or Balmora to offload.
How are you supposed to make a trader like you more ? pay him more than he asks for ? and sell to him for less ? I'm getting some really bad deals. :mad:
Maybe I should just knock him off :cheeky:
Zerker on 21/6/2002 at 12:57
I think wandering mage's missing a key point in the original message, he's comparing chain mail to plate mail. The defense on the plate should be higher if you use heavy armour, and the defense on the chain will be higher if you use medium armour. It's all in your skills. In general heavy armour is more expensive. The durability thing sounds odd though, you sure about that?
Morrowotcha on 22/6/2002 at 15:42
OK I've checked it out:
Imperial Chain Pauldron: Armour = 23, Condition=x/200, Weight = 10 (Heavy), Value = 28.
Imperial Steel Pauldron: Armour=18, Condition=x/160, Weight =10 (Heavy), Value= 53.
However, the Imperial chain Cuirass is nowhere near as good as Imperial Steel Cuirass and is a medium rather than heavy armour.
So it must be a quirk of certain parts of the armour set. :weird:
Exodus_dk on 24/6/2002 at 08:21
Yeah - and it makes NO sense whatsoever that the Chain pauldron is heavy!!!
You cannot make a complete imperial medium armor... There are only two medium imperial cuirass' - the standard chain and the dragon scale cuirass. As for greaves - only one type - imperial chain greaves, which has the same armor rating as the dragonscale cuirass/helmet/shield. Gauntlets, boots and pauldron either aren't there or mistakenly rated as heavy eq!!! WEIRD! Indeed....
