Morrowind

[Ninja D!]

I guess I just don't remember it. I haven't played in quite some time.

[Superfluous Crow]

I'm seriously contemplating reinstalling this game after all the buzz in here :D
I don't know what character I'd make though. Probably somebody wearing heavy armor, as the heavy armor in Morrowind looks freakin' sweet. Any thoughts/recommendations on this?

[Ninja D!]

I know how you feel. Once I get moved I'll probably start playing again for a while.

I'm not a fan of the heavy armor in Morrowind. Medium and unarmored are favorites of mine.

[Superfluous Crow]

What are the best medium armors? can't remember. Only thing I can remember is my deep envy of ebony and royal guard armor, and my deepening disappointment of glass armor (even though it was awesome and served me well; it just didn't compare to the competition).

Also: any thoughts on races?

[Lmns Crn]

Ebony Mail[/url], which is goddamn fantastic.

Medium armor gets the short end of the stick in a lot of ways, though. There seem to be fewer medium armor options out there, and one can argue that orcish stuff doesn't really measure up to the quality of glass and daedric stuff. Also, the medium armor master trainer is in the construction set, but doesn't appear in the actual game, so if you want to get your skill up to 100 you have to do it the hard way.

Also: any thoughts on races?

Redguard Own Zone
Redguards

[Superfluous Crow]

So: light, medium, or heavy (or none)?

Anybody got as far as to get a hold of the Daedric Crescent?

[Lmns Crn]

So: light, medium, or heavy (or none)?

always[/i] pick Endurance and Luck as my two skills that get the ten-point boost at character creation (because Luck increases so slowly, and because the Endurance bonus to hit points at each level is not increased retroactively if you boost Endurance late in your character's life.) Even though I've got Unarmored as my only "armor" skill on the chart there, I'm wearing mostly orcish medium armor.

Anybody got as far as to get a hold of the Daedric Crescent?

Once upon a time, I did. It's pretty, but I think I had better weapons to fight with by the time I got my hands on the Crescent.

[LordVreeg]

So: light, medium, or heavy (or none)?

Anybody got as far as to get a hold of the Daedric Crescent?

Yes, nut I am using Skull Crusher this time.  Since blunt is so important eventually (if you want to use Sunder) I generally go in for Blunts as a minor skill and use it a lot as soon as I get into the teens.  I did use it jsut for the look of it...If I were ever to re-do Morrowind, I'd have the NPC's notice when you are wieldintg something out of Legend...

[Elemental_Elf]

IIRC, the Bosmer Merchant in Balmora has a few pieces of Orcish armor. If you're careful (or don't mind murdering him) you can steal the armor fairly easily.

Another way to get Orcish armor is to slay the Orc who wields Umbra who can be found in the hills overlooking the town of Suran.

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Personally I always liked the mix of Light Armor and Unarmored. It gives you the flexibility to wear cool armor but, in a pinch, can be ditched is your encumbrance gets too high. I always hate dealing with encumbrance... I suppose its just the thief in me... Boy did I love using Feather... One of the best spells in the game. Well that and Mark/Recall :)

[Ninja D!]

I always like medium armor the best. I think there were some orcs in the middle of nowhere way up north, on an island, that had a couple of full sets.

And, yes, Redguard are great.

[LordVreeg]

They really need to make using charged items take longer than casting, instead of being quicker.  It just gets to a point where you create heavily charged items to do 95% of your casting for you.
(which is one reason scrolls add casting time in Celtricia)

[Ninja D!]

I think that it makes perfect sense for scrolls to take longer. That is, assuming that the act involves actually reading the scroll (which is how I've always done it). For items, though, I think it should be different from one to another. It makes sense to me that some enchanted items would be able to do things quicker than you casting it yourself.

Also, I won't complain about that because I'm just glad that you could do so much with the enchantment system in Morrowind. Look what they did to it in Oblivion.