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as far as aesthetics go, which of the above do you all think look the best?

Dedric hands down, sadily I dont like any of them much comapred to the other games
and cant stand dragonbone amour

Naked.

The Dragonbone armor is OK, the Ebony armor is slightly better than it used to be, and the Daedric is a mixed blessing. But I'd take Naked over any of them, personally. Real heroes fight barechested, and until they bring back pants, naked combat is the only respectable option.

DorostheConqueror wrote:Naked.

The Dragonbone armor is OK, the Ebony armor is slightly better than it used to be, and the Daedric is a mixed blessing. But I'd take Naked over any of them, personally. Real heroes fight barechested, and until they bring back pants, naked combat is the only respectable option.

Sure. J'ghasta was the toughest man I ever knew. Leather pants, boots, bracers. Barechested. I keep a pair of Ragged Trousers handy, as its the only way I know of to go shirtless.

Daedric definitely
Dragonbone is okay but I prefer a more evil looking character
Its odd but in my 150+ hours of skyrim, ive never seen a set of ebony armor

I love ebony, its slick and strong looking
Daedric looks too spikey.
And dragonbone looks kinda silly.

Mh. I never really got into Dragonbone, Daedric LOOKS too OP for my tastes. That leave the mundane yet malevolent Ebony. I would say, definitely Ebony.

Daedric looks the best. Ebony is close though. Dragonbone... eh, Dragonscale armor is ok, but dragonbone looks horrible. I really don't like it. The helmet is really nice though. Except for the back.

The coolest Heavy Armor set I would have to say is Skyforge Steel armor with either the Helm of Yngol or Dragonbone helmet. Other than that, Daedric.

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I think elven looks SICK

Eltee wrote:Mh. I never really got into Dragonbone, Daedric LOOKS too OP for my tastes. That leave the mundane yet malevolent Ebony. I would say, definitely Ebony.

Maybe looks a bit too much like this, eh? I'd have to say Ebony or Daedric, but nothing compares to the sheer uniqueness that is Morrowind's Daedric Armor and weapons

I tend to like Ebony.

Daedric is demonic looking, and I just don't like the look of Dragonbone at all.

Aha, OP change! I definitely like Elven the best, mixed in with the use of Glass swords. I love how the hilts and handles of Glass weapons fit Elven so well! I love going full Elven with Chillrend and Grimsever dual wielded.

Eltee wrote:Aha, OP change! I definitely like Elven the best, mixed in with the use of Glass swords. I love how the hilts and handles of Glass weapons fit Elven so well! I love going full Elven with Chillrend and Grimsever dual wielded.

yeah I love the fact that glass has elements of elven in it! (the moonstone)

Ebony.. hands down. But in saying that.. I have only ever tried it on to check it out... I did most of the game in Master Thieves Guild Armor. Now I am in a mix of plain cloths and fur.

My vote is still Ebony.

Ebony or glass, but the helms all look ridiculous. I'd rather see my character's head.

Of the options given, Ebony, particularly on a female body. Glass second, everything else far behind. Don't care for demon chic. Of the options not given: Steel Plate.

Second the helm sentiment. Jan 2012 my friend! The modern gaming "hide helmet" option cometh.

Elven is light, in that case I'd rather have the Nightingale set.(just on looks, not counting the perks)

Ebony looks nice, daedric is sick, dragon looks a bit gawdy to me. Glass is mehh

In the ones mentioned: Dragonscale>Glass>Ebony>Elven>Daedric>Dragonbone
My favourite out of every armor set in the game has to be nightingale though.

All of them? >.>

Erm... after looking up images I must say heavy dragon armor looks a bit...odd, the helmet looks decent though. Light dragon armor is okay'ish. Ebony looks great, as does Daedric armor (I love that helmet). Glass and Elven are also good.

Other than dragonbone, they all look great. My favorite from the looks of it would be Daedric armor, I think in every Elder Scrolls game the Daedric armor has always been my favorite, in terms of how it looks.

I'd like the glass one again (loved it in Morrowind and absolutely hated it in Oblivion), but it doesn't scale down to tiny Bosmer. It looks unreasonably bulky. The steel ones look the best from the heavy tree, I'm not one for the daedric fashion (with no sense of self-protection, guys, why not wear high-heels for combat?), and the Nightingale one... I love it. I hope someone will mod in some other versions of that as less overpowered and NOT pre-enchanted light armor, maybe in different colors like grey or brown too.

Alchemist wrote:

DorostheConqueror wrote:Naked.

The Dragonbone armor is OK, the Ebony armor is slightly better than it used to be, and the Daedric is a mixed blessing. But I'd take Naked over any of them, personally. Real heroes fight barechested, and until they bring back pants, naked combat is the only respectable option.

Sure. J'ghasta was the toughest man I ever knew. Leather pants, boots, bracers. Barechested. I keep a pair of Ragged Trousers handy, as its the only way I know of to go shirtless.

Some bandits wear a shirtless version of Fur Armor.

I like Glass. Elven is cool too. I would like Ebony more if it wasn't for the fact that you cannot see your character's face with the helmet.

Argonanza wrote: Some bandits wear a shirtless version of Fur Armor.

I find it funny how it has a better armor rating than the hide armor.

Feanor wrote:

Argonanza wrote: Some bandits wear a shirtless version of Fur Armor.

I find it funny how it has a better armor rating than the hide armor.

Maybe the material is there, only on the more important regions...

I've always preferred the more 'grounded' armor in ES games, or armor that looks somewhat feasible. I loved how I didn't get any incredibly crazy looking, OP armor in Skyrim for a large chunk of the game. Mind you, I obviously didn't spam smithing.

However, I enjoy the look of glass and ebony armor. I really like the unique Ebony Mail, as it feels more "slim". Dragon Bone looks interesting at first glance, but eventually starts to appear bulky. For my original character I played through, for the first time, in full heavy armor. Being two sizes down from the largest body mass, by the time you reached Dwarven (which I altogether skipped with my enhanced iron armor) you look ridiculous. The pauldrons are primarily what adds to the bulk, which is one reason why I enjoyed the lower level armor and their pauldron-less alternatives.

But thats not a complaint, or a desire for pauldrons to be separate again. It was fun doing something different, and I enjoyed experiencing the looks of all the heavy armor sets. I'm sure this goes against most people's opinions, but I've never cared for the look of daedric armor. Ever.