best weapons(what weapons do you like the best?)

Cloud Buster · Post by **Cloud Buster** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:52 am

my fav would be Umbra because of its good attck
i cant make my own weps yet cos i got booted from the mages guild

Mazook · Post by **Mazook** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 2:57 am

Well, my oblivion character is level 46, and my favorite weapon so far is the shadowrend, from the si expansion. for me, its base hit is 33, plus it has an enchantment that damages health 30 points on strike. Plus it looks really cool.

Mayong Mistmoore · Post by **Mayong Mistmoore** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:41 am

You really can't do too much wrong with Umbra and Azura's Star.

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 4:46 pm

I prefer swords. They seem to have a longer reach and weigh less. Best one I have is an amber Longsword.

Blunt weapons always make that squishy sound when you hit someone and they just don't look as cool. You ever see a guy in real life lift a 95 pound warhammer?

lowbart · Post by **lowbart** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 5:24 pm

I hate axes because they are just treated like maces. Although, I guess swords are kind of the same problem. They're sharp! They should cut things!

Actually, maybe it's just my graphics but most of the swords look really blunt to me, like toys, especially compared to the swords in Morrowind. All the edges are kind of rounded.

That's why I use magic now

Daedra Prince · Post by **Daedra Prince** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:19 pm

Most medievil swords and axes were just chunks of metal hammered into a flat kind of pointy shape. Think about it if you're swinging a slab of metal at some guy its going to do some damage no matter how sharp it is.

DbHK · Post by **DbHK** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:58 pm

Daedra Prince wrote:Most medievil swords and axes were just chunks of metal hammered into a flat kind of pointy shape. Think about it if you're swinging a slab of metal at some guy its going to do some damage no matter how sharp it is.

Not in oblivion, I threw some calipers at an NPC and it did nothing.

Karl Voss · Post by **Karl Voss** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:26 am

Custom enchanted weapons are the most powerful, but as far as 'in game' weapons, here are 2 I like.

Shadowrend: Although I normally don't use claymores, this claymore is satisfying to use, looks great, and can be tricky to obtain during the SI main quest.

Hatreds Soul: This bow is special. It's the most powerful bow in the game (not including custom enchanted bows), and is somewhat difficult to obtain. I didn't read the walkthrough and only knew it was in random Oblivion world 2 -and it took a while to find the entrance to the Embers of Hatred, but after passing through tunnels with fire and lava, I found the bow.

Hatreds Soul looks like a Deadric bow, but is much lighter, and glows red sometimes. It has the highest base damage of any bow in the game -even custom ones -which helps because shots from sneak mode only triple the base damage (don't triple enchanted damge). Its only flaw is that it does not have a soul trap -you figure a bow named Hatreds Soul would take the souls! This bow is best obtained after level 19.

lowbart · Post by **lowbart** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:11 am

I forgot about Hatreds Soul - that thing is pretty awesome, and gives you a real sense of accomplishment for doing the extra work to get it (wading through lava?)

I used to use that on my old thief character, I'll have to find it again.

nicholasenj · Post by **nicholasenj** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:12 am

The arrow's it comes with are soul trapping.

Karl Voss · Post by **Karl Voss** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:53 am

I agree with you lowbart. Retrieving that bow is a worthwhile quest/objective and good fun. I usually play 'good guys' but my latest character is a thief/ranger and half the reason I went through the main quest again was to open the Oblivion Planes so that I could retrieve that bow at level 19. Somehow the lava, fire, Embers of Hatred, etc, creates a good theme and backdrop to that bow.

As far as the dozen or so soul trapping arrows

. Soul trapping has to be sustainable for it to be any good, and Hatreds Soul doesn't have it -but otherwise it's a great bow.

Fallen · Post by **Fallen** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:59 am

Daedric swords and daggers... They look really painful to be hit/stabbed with.

Vesna · Post by **Vesna** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:35 pm

Nearly every weapon looks painfull. Ever fought someone with swords in real life? (I have. Even though they weren't sharp, still hurt like crap...)

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:48 pm

Getting hit with a bag of oranges hurts too.

weka · Post by **weka** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:09 am

You big wuss! No it doesn't!!!

Vesna · Post by **Vesna** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:12 am

You won't be saying that once I throw this bag of grapes at you.

weka · Post by **weka** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:41 am

Nope, will be too busy eating them to see if I get a moxie point!

Vesna · Post by **Vesna** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:48 am

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Vesna · Post by **Vesna** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:48 am

..................................... (speechless)

Hargrimm · Post by **Hargrimm** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:43 am

weka wrote:Nope, will be too busy eating them to see if I get a moxie point!

You win this thread. The End.

Coulsonji · Post by **Coulsonji** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:27 am

oh dear Vesna.... -500 points

swamp · Post by **swamp** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:09 pm

Nerveshatter is by far my favorite weapon.

swamp · Post by **swamp** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 9:19 pm

I do have a hand to hand character.Some people say that fists just doesn't cut it by level 18+ but i think they do.

Vesna · Post by **Vesna** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:18 pm

Hmmm. I'm going to find a mod that gives brand new weapons such as a heavy book, razor-sharp leaves, and bags of grapes......

Shellhound · Post by **Shellhound** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 5:12 am

I'm a fan of the elven dagger, it looks like Aragorn's dagger from the Lord of the Rings. I also like bows, they're pretty b-a.

I love Staff of Sheogorath and the Sword and Mace of the Crusader as well. Happy hunting!!