Weapon/Armour mods you want.

[Draco856]

At least the helmets fit the heads...remember when beast races couldn't even wear a closed helm? Now, they form fit, I love the way my Argonian looks in full daedric...he looks seriously badass in it. My only problem with the helmet is that the horns on it are mismatched.

[BeakieHelmet]

At least the helmets fit the heads...remember when beast races couldn't even wear a closed helm? Now, they form fit, I love the way my Argonian looks in full daedric...he looks seriously badass in it. My only problem with the helmet is that the horns on it are mismatched.

Uh, no, put on a steel helmet or the nightingale helmet, the beast face is squashed in because it uses the same mesh as everyone else.

 

This can effectively cut some argonians' faces in half.

 

Also, I think I put this in another thread, but shinguards for the thiefy types so they can go all silent and barefoot but still have the boot slot filled.

[Draco856]

Well, my daedric helm doesn't do that...it's the only helm I've used so I didn't know about the others. Maybe if you craft it yourself, it changes it to make it conform?

[m3th0d2008]

I want as many Anime related mods as possible so that everything is totally out of place. Since I never really played any of the TES or Fallout games, I was just looking at my character and give him nice clothes. Posting screenshots of that all over the net was something I always liked too. And I want to be able to merry Khajiit. Nyah! Edited November 19, 2011 by m3th0d2008

[omilacari]

the necessary weapon in this game is a DRAGON SWORD!! because the dragon armor is incomplete without this weapon

[DeadSpace]

I want an 1830 Napoleon Saber.

 

In reality, I'd consider it superior to a katana and many other Japanese weapons which seem so popular. Why? Well, it's in the same basic role as a Katana, which is the cavalry sword/saber. Also, it's made of much higher quality steel than Japanese swords, especiallly real katanas, which are made using low grade Japanese iron in the steel, which means the Napoleon's probably going to be tougher and last longer. Also means you won't take as much blade damage when parrying. And the Napoleon just looks so much better. A katana would also have a bit of trouble against someone in metal armor. It's not built to fight that kind of stuff, the Japanese didn't have the quality of iron to make metal armor.

lengthy reply in spoiler to the above quoted

 

 

the quality of steel in europe, including france at that time was via bessemer process, yielding much lower quality steel than the japanese blades were made out of even after tempering and forging. all sabers were mass produced by forging, not the best process to create a durable, hardened weapon. katanas were differentially hardened~ie: different parts of the blade were hardened differently, had different tempers depending on their function whereas the mass produced sabers were uniform.

 

the only weapon manufacturer at that time period that excelled in quality sword making was the toledo arms makers which perhaps napoleon, and a few of his officers may have had their blades made to order. swords were on the way out at that time, muskets had been the new big thing, swords were secondary, close combat defense, out of ammo or in increasingly infrequent cavalry charges.

 

saber, katana, longsword, every one handed edged weapon with the exception of an ax had difficulty vs armor, the tactic used wasn't in trying to cut through the armor...but into the joints where the was no tempered metal, irrelevant considering no one wore full armor at the time of the sabers introduction. and lastly...japanese armor did have metal plates within, their weeks or months long process created high carbon steel out of that 'poor' iron ore.

 

 

OT: i do like curved blades, scimitar, katana, or saber ~~>draw cut, close in combat and thrusting ability whereas straight blades are weak once the enemy is in close (i know, doesn't apply to the game but...). katana's already there, scimitar and/or sabers would be cool :) chain mail too

[Ghogiel]

At least the helmets fit the heads...remember when beast races couldn't even wear a closed helm? Now, they form fit, I love the way my Argonian looks in full daedric...he looks seriously badass in it. My only problem with the helmet is that the horns on it are mismatched.

Uh, no, put on a steel helmet or the nightingale helmet, the beast face is squashed in because it uses the same mesh as everyone else.

 

This can effectively cut some argonians' faces in half.

 

Also, I think I put this in another thread, but shinguards for the thiefy types so they can go all silent and barefoot but still have the boot slot filled.

Uh.. neither. But sort of :biggrin:

 

Most helmets, if the actual characters face is visible, which it isn't when wearing daedric, actually have separate Khajiit, argonian, and some have orc versions. You are right about the nightinggale helmet though, that only has 1 mesh per sex by the looks of it.

[Ophyrs]

I can't believe this hasn't been brought up yet, but i would absolutely love some oblivion era imperial guard armour :P

more than anything

[huntsman2310]

I want to see a plate version of each heavy armour, think of a super heavy armour sort of deal.

[Moraelin]

Actually, funnily enough, the Japanese considered European steel superior, and the very few katanas made of imported European steel (via the Portuguese) sold for ridiculously high prices. I guess it could be a case of the grass always being greener on the other side of the fence, eh?

 

Actually, the Japanese were generally prone to that kind of thing, like any other humans. In the Heian era, when the differential forging just gets into use in Japan, the Chinese were singing praises to the Japanese swords, as you'd expect, whereas the Japanese were convinced that Chinese swords are better and were importing Chinese swords wholesale. Go figure.

 

But basically, at the end of the day, regardless of which steel one prefers, there ARE katanas made out of both. So no real need to argue which is better. If you prefer traditional Japanese Tamahagane steel, you can pretend that your game katana is made of that, while if you swear by European steel, you can pretend you've got one of the extremely rare ones made with imported steel.

 

And, at the end of the day, it's just a game. THE best weapon ever is the one I feel like using on my character at the moment. A katana or sabre may have a thousand and one historical advantages, but if MY character concept needs a 9'th century Viking spatha-derivative or a 1st century BC wrought iron Gladius if I sided with the Legion, well, then that's the best weapon for that character and that's that. YOUR character on the other hand, may need a good nodachi, while some other guy's dark elf character may need two scimitars.

 

Way I see it, we need all of those. We need katanas, and European arming swords, and rapiers, and arabic saifs, and kukris, and yatagans, and dadaos, and jians, and kazakh shashkas, and falcatas, and falxes, and khopeshes, and, really, everything. Then everyone can just pick the one THEY like. It may or may not be THE best historical weapon on Earth -- though personally I think there is no such thing as an absolute best in all criteria -- but in the end, so what? If someone wants to hunt dragons with a bowie knife because they're THAT badass, why not? :P