Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:29 pm
what happen to them from Oblivion onto Skyrim that they lost 25% fire resistances, i remember it being 75% in Oblivion, now they are at 50% FR., any clues as to why it dropped?
UESP Forums
Discuss the uesp.net site and Elder Scrolls topics.
https://forums.uesp.net/
Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Page 1 of 1
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:54 pm
to make it less op? I guess you could say with out being near all the ash and what not their tolarance droped.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:55 am
I guess the environment was cold and such for them, so the resistance dropped. It's mostly about the surrounding environment, and the Dunmer had more resistance when they were more exposed to the ashes, and such, but in Skyrim, it's cold. Unlike Cyrodiil and Morrowind.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:09 am
Decreased resistance is the price you pay when the people of your race can now speak while using more than one kind of voice.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:57 am
^^Dark Spark wrote:Decreased resistance is the price you pay when the people of your race can now speak while using more than one kind of voice.
This
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:29 am
It's a gameplay change not a Lore one, although attempts to rationalise it might be made, Beth wont though, just as they haven't rationalised the Redguards' sudden affinity for Magic or the Imperials' loss of their silver tongues.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:58 pm
Many races lost their previous traits. The Breton, for example, they have only 25% of magic resistance in Skyrim. In Oblivion they had 50%.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:02 pm
I always thought the reason they reduced the fire resistance was for two reasons
- To bring it inline with the Nord's Frost resistance
- Dragons using fire breath, which would give Dunmer a strong edge against early level Dragon fights
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:31 pm
It is Dunmer, not Dunmers! Anyway...
Chaos the N'wah wrote:I always thought the reason they reduced the fire resistance was for two reasons
- To bring it inline with the Nord's Frost resistance
- Dragons using fire breath, which would give Dunmer a strong edge against early level Dragon fights
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:46 am
Later Dragons use Frost and other forms of attack though, and one could argue that a Dragon's fire shout is similar to the number of Fire wielding Daedra in Oblivion, which made it very easy for Dunmer to waltz around the Badlands without fear of harm around level 10, when Flame Atronachs and Scamps were the main opponent. 
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 3:18 am
- That's why it's inline with the Nord's resistance
- Oblivion's racials were wonky, Bretons with 50% magic resist and +50 to magicka alongside Khajiit with...stuff. Skyrim at least tries to give each race something interesting or situational
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 5:43 am
And its Dark Elves...not Elfs...POMC S117 wrote:It is Dunmer, not Dunmers! Anyway...
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:16 am
It's Dunmer, not Dunmers, for that matter.
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:19 am
Pilaf The Defiler wrote:It's Dunmer, not Dunmers, for that matter.
Yeah.POMC S117 wrote:It is Dunmer, not Dunmers! Anyway...
Re: Dark Elfs or Dunmers...
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 2:55 am
Yeahaddictedtomorrowind wrote:Pilaf The Defiler wrote:It's Dunmer, not Dunmers, for that matter.Yeah.POMC S117 wrote:It is Dunmer, not Dunmers! Anyway...
I can't be stated enough, truly.