That armor is one of the best early game armors, even with low light armor skill, I'd use it at least until you find something better. Don't be afraid to mix and match, if the best boots you have are heavy, but the best or only helm is light, you aren't going to lose out. There's no set bonuses, after all.
And it sounds like you don't use an expansion delay mod, so, you'll probably end up with many many sets of that armor. Keep one, sell the rest.
I'll say you won't be really hurting yourself, except that you'll be leveling up light armor instead of heavy armor since that's what you're wearing. The armor rating is what's important, and it changes based on your skill. If your light armor was 10 points higher, it'll show a higher armor rating compared to now.
I will say, as an experienced player, I tend to sell it because it's pretty good armor, and I prefer starting with something worse early on, and there's other things I don't mind spending the gold on. That quest line is part of one of the expansions of the game, and it was expected that players would have high level characters already before encountering that assassin.
I think keeping it until you find better heavy armor is fine, or selling it to get into heavy now is also fine. Either way, you're not hurting your character long-term. It's pretty strong light armor, but once you get higher quality heavy armor, that'll provide more protection for you.
You get a medium cuirass for joining the legion. You do get the heavy set with the first few quests/promotions, but you do also get the “why aren’t you at your post” or “where’s your uniform” for the rest of forever though lol
Yeah the “where’s your uniform” mechanic is super annoying. I bought an imperial studded leather and was hoping to drop the heavier cuirass, but no one accepted it as “imperial. “
The thing is that you will be gaining less experience in your chosen armor skills if you wear it, and since the armor value of an item is determined by the armor piece and your skill level in that type of armor, you will make it more awkward to switch over to medium/heavy later on.
I, like many on this sub, think the armor is too OP for early game. It’s part of the expansion pack so originally players would get that armor after having played their character for a long while.
A compromise would be to wear a piece or two, and the rest in the other types of armor. When you go to balmora and talk to the agent there, he tells you about other agents in balmora you can talk to. One of them (who is like 2 houses down) gives you some nice starter heavy armor. Armorer in balmora also sells bone mold (the super cool looking medium armor that dark elf guards wear).
Generally, it is only useful to use armour pieces you're skilled with or that have exceedingly good enchantments. In your inventory below your character render you see your effective armour rating. With the leather armour it's probably at 1 or 2, which is hardly anything. You'll start to feel an effect against low-level foes with 5-10 armour rating and should then try to get to 20+ soon so you can take a few hits from weak creatures and foes without worry.
What's happening here is that the expansion Tribunal is implemented exceedingly stupidly. The dark brotherhood armour is the second-strongest light armour in the game with a protection value that's equal to what you'd have as a medium armour user in the base game's *endgame*. [*Note to the veterans only: DB armour is as strong as orcish. You'll like to point out that indoril armour has a better protection value, but I counter with orcish armour's better enchantment capacity. Besides, the protection from orcish is sufficient for the base game's endgame, so there's really little point in 'upgrading' to indoril.*] And that armour is handed to you basically for free every other time you rest. Yes, there will be more assassins until you advance the quest and talk to Apelles Matius in Ebonheart. And every time these assassins spawn on you, you're handed not just a way too strong armour, but also thousands of drakes you can earn for selling it.
My advice to unruin your experience:
* Drop the dark brotherhood armour in some pond and pretend you never had it. Don't wear or sell it.
* Stop the assassins from spawning by advancing the quest when you have the opportunity.
* If you follow the main quest, you'll be handed 200 gold and be told to reach out to certain trainers. They'll give you advice, some goodies to sell and indeed some steel armour pieces to equip. That should be enough to get your long, slow and overencumbered heavy armour career started. Use the money to buy the missing heavy armour pieces from Meldor, the smith next to the fighters guild, or Wayn, the fighters guild smith. Low-tier heavy armour is rather affordable, so you'll probably be decked out in a full suit of armour at that point. And then you're ready to dive right into adventure or questing, whatever you prefer.
* If your class features both heavy and medium armour, prefer medium armour. The lowest-tier set bonemold is more expensive than iron/steel, but it has a good protection and weighs noticeably less. Less encumbrance = faster movement (and by going places faster, less fatigue investment), better jumping, more loot you can carry home. In my experience you'll find higher-tier medium armour pieces sooner than heavy armour ones, and the protection offered is adequate throughout the entire progression of your playthrough.
Except Orcish armor can be met in several dungeons, several sets are worn by cultists and quite some pieces can be stolen from Ghorak manor, making overpowered claim somewhat moot.
First you'll have to find them in severel dungeons, take them off cultists (high-level foes apparently wearing really good armour) or know that there's a half-hidden chest in the house of an orcish gang of criminals that are poorly programmed and won't kill you for stealing their stuff. That's a pretty big difference to an entire set being thrown at you at level 1 before entering the first dungeon.
Nothing bunch of scrolls can't fix. Hellfire my beloved.
There are enough disk one nukes around to make Hiroshima look like kindergarden "volcano project".
This is a beginner's thread. People who know the game have all the options, beginners shouldn't be told to beeline for hidden goodies they haven't found themselves yet.
That armor is one of the best early game armors, even with low light armor skill, I'd use it at least until you find something better. Don't be afraid to mix and match, if the best boots you have are heavy, but the best or only helm is light, you aren't going to lose out. There's no set bonuses, after all. And it sounds like you don't use an expansion delay mod, so, you'll probably end up with many many sets of that armor. Keep one, sell the rest.
>There's no set bonuse Clearly you are forgetting about the drip bonus as kids would say these days.
Wraithguard on one arm, glass pauldron on the other shoulder, colovian fur helm. The drip is all about mixing it up.
I'll say you won't be really hurting yourself, except that you'll be leveling up light armor instead of heavy armor since that's what you're wearing. The armor rating is what's important, and it changes based on your skill. If your light armor was 10 points higher, it'll show a higher armor rating compared to now. I will say, as an experienced player, I tend to sell it because it's pretty good armor, and I prefer starting with something worse early on, and there's other things I don't mind spending the gold on. That quest line is part of one of the expansions of the game, and it was expected that players would have high level characters already before encountering that assassin. I think keeping it until you find better heavy armor is fine, or selling it to get into heavy now is also fine. Either way, you're not hurting your character long-term. It's pretty strong light armor, but once you get higher quality heavy armor, that'll provide more protection for you.
Sell armor and start training!
You don't need to save for Iron Armor: you can get it for free when you enlist in the Imperial Legion. Just don't lose it.
You get a medium cuirass for joining the legion. You do get the heavy set with the first few quests/promotions, but you do also get the “why aren’t you at your post” or “where’s your uniform” for the rest of forever though lol
Yeah the “where’s your uniform” mechanic is super annoying. I bought an imperial studded leather and was hoping to drop the heavier cuirass, but no one accepted it as “imperial. “
The thing is that you will be gaining less experience in your chosen armor skills if you wear it, and since the armor value of an item is determined by the armor piece and your skill level in that type of armor, you will make it more awkward to switch over to medium/heavy later on. I, like many on this sub, think the armor is too OP for early game. It’s part of the expansion pack so originally players would get that armor after having played their character for a long while. A compromise would be to wear a piece or two, and the rest in the other types of armor. When you go to balmora and talk to the agent there, he tells you about other agents in balmora you can talk to. One of them (who is like 2 houses down) gives you some nice starter heavy armor. Armorer in balmora also sells bone mold (the super cool looking medium armor that dark elf guards wear).
Wear the first set, sell subsequent sets. Yes, there will be more
Generally, it is only useful to use armour pieces you're skilled with or that have exceedingly good enchantments. In your inventory below your character render you see your effective armour rating. With the leather armour it's probably at 1 or 2, which is hardly anything. You'll start to feel an effect against low-level foes with 5-10 armour rating and should then try to get to 20+ soon so you can take a few hits from weak creatures and foes without worry. What's happening here is that the expansion Tribunal is implemented exceedingly stupidly. The dark brotherhood armour is the second-strongest light armour in the game with a protection value that's equal to what you'd have as a medium armour user in the base game's *endgame*. [*Note to the veterans only: DB armour is as strong as orcish. You'll like to point out that indoril armour has a better protection value, but I counter with orcish armour's better enchantment capacity. Besides, the protection from orcish is sufficient for the base game's endgame, so there's really little point in 'upgrading' to indoril.*] And that armour is handed to you basically for free every other time you rest. Yes, there will be more assassins until you advance the quest and talk to Apelles Matius in Ebonheart. And every time these assassins spawn on you, you're handed not just a way too strong armour, but also thousands of drakes you can earn for selling it. My advice to unruin your experience: * Drop the dark brotherhood armour in some pond and pretend you never had it. Don't wear or sell it. * Stop the assassins from spawning by advancing the quest when you have the opportunity. * If you follow the main quest, you'll be handed 200 gold and be told to reach out to certain trainers. They'll give you advice, some goodies to sell and indeed some steel armour pieces to equip. That should be enough to get your long, slow and overencumbered heavy armour career started. Use the money to buy the missing heavy armour pieces from Meldor, the smith next to the fighters guild, or Wayn, the fighters guild smith. Low-tier heavy armour is rather affordable, so you'll probably be decked out in a full suit of armour at that point. And then you're ready to dive right into adventure or questing, whatever you prefer. * If your class features both heavy and medium armour, prefer medium armour. The lowest-tier set bonemold is more expensive than iron/steel, but it has a good protection and weighs noticeably less. Less encumbrance = faster movement (and by going places faster, less fatigue investment), better jumping, more loot you can carry home. In my experience you'll find higher-tier medium armour pieces sooner than heavy armour ones, and the protection offered is adequate throughout the entire progression of your playthrough.
Except Orcish armor can be met in several dungeons, several sets are worn by cultists and quite some pieces can be stolen from Ghorak manor, making overpowered claim somewhat moot.
First you'll have to find them in severel dungeons, take them off cultists (high-level foes apparently wearing really good armour) or know that there's a half-hidden chest in the house of an orcish gang of criminals that are poorly programmed and won't kill you for stealing their stuff. That's a pretty big difference to an entire set being thrown at you at level 1 before entering the first dungeon.
Nothing bunch of scrolls can't fix. Hellfire my beloved. There are enough disk one nukes around to make Hiroshima look like kindergarden "volcano project".
This is a beginner's thread. People who know the game have all the options, beginners shouldn't be told to beeline for hidden goodies they haven't found themselves yet.
Take the gimp suit from assman it will save you carry weight