Weapons

[JPF55]

This is for all of you Skyrim Weapon fans :-D so lets talk about weapons. Edited April 27, 2012 by JPF55

[Georgiegril]

Where is the Al'ikr saber on this poll? Have you seen those warriors from Hammerfell? :tongue:

[JPF55]

I'm just putting the main over view of the weapon types and everyone is to post more details about what is their favorite weapon :-P but thanks for reminding me about those weapons :-) Edited April 27, 2012 by JPF55

[worldofscotty]

Where is the Al'ikr saber on this poll? Have you seen those warriors from Hammerfell? :tongue:

 

 

Would be a sword...

[SubjectProphet]

Daedric with a bow and sneaking. Or a dagger/sword in case of CQC.

[Georgiegril]

Sigh, the danger of trying to be funny...didn't mean to get anyone's feathers ruffled. Please accept my apology.

[JPF55]

I have a Khajiit that is using bow and is going all fists for CQC. I'm just going fists because of the new kill moves i got from the 1.5 update :-) the ones I've seen are awesome, but most of the time i go swords and bow with most assassins and thieves, my mages are maces and spells, and for my warriors i go one-handed any and two-handed any just so i can beat the s*** out of any fool hardy bandit who gets in my way

[NoobusExtremus]

Would be a sword...

 

 

A curved sword... a c-u-r-v-e-d s-w-o-r-d ... :woot:

 

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[RedRavyn]

Except for the first option, I had a bit of difficulty making my choices, here, since it depends upon what part of the game I've reached. Ultimately, I go for Ebony weapons because I make my own weapons when I can, and Daedric weapons require Daedra hearts, which are in short supply in Skyrim. Besides, there's not that much difference between the two.

 

I'm a bow-man. Since I generally play a sneaky type, bow + stealth = win most of the time. As a result, I specialize it that from the moment I grab my first longbow in Helgen Keep, and I never look back.

 

Early in the game, I go unarmed for melee combat. I play a Khajiit, and Khajiit claws do 15 points of damage. You have to get well into the game before better melee weapons become available. At that point I generally go with a greatsword as soon as one becomes available. It's funny, too, since I detested those weapons in Oblivion. They just seem more effective in Skyrim, and I use them for the coup when an opponent manages to close in on me.

 

In this playthrough, I decided to go with one-handed swords all the way for melee combat. I've been playing with dual-wielding, and I love it, but I just got Spellbreaker, so I may have to temper that and start working on my Block skill.

 

As for composition, I generally go with whatever is the best that comes up in-game, until I can craft Ebony. I'll boost Smithing occasionally, but I don't grind it for levels like a lot of people do. I'm still playing 1.4 Skyrim so I could do that if I wanted to. I will, however, get the ability to craft Steel items at the earliest point in the game, because making a steel sword and arrows (you need a crafting mod to do the latter), and being able to improve Ancient Nord Bows (especially Supple Ancient Nord Bows), gives you a very good head-start on most of your opponents.

[Rooker75]

I chose steel, by which I meant Skyforge steel, not regular steel. I also like silver swords early on for dealing with draugr, but that's because I have a mod that lets me sharpen them.