Isn't that what athletics and weapon proficiency's for? I've seen people run around with the equipment I've mentioned and they look so joyful... Really I am interested in the recommended stat and skill builds for the aforementioned equipment. No matter how ineffective it may be, it looks damn fun.Well, to equip Plate armor you're going to need 15 strength minimum.
Level 30 (4 420 577 xp)
* Strength: 15
* Agility: 21
* Hit points: 56
* Converted: 2
* Ironflesh: 3
* Power Strike: 5
* Shield: 7
* Athletics: 7
* Riding: 0
* Horse Archery: 0
* Power Draw: 0
* Power Throw: 0
* Weapon Master: 7
* One Handed: 164
* Two Handed: 1
* Polearm: 1
* Archery: 1
* Crossbow: 1
* Throwing: 1
U do realize that you will be slow and useless that spammers are going to roflstomp you
Get plate, heirloom 3 times, get long maul, heirloom three times, rage at archers, end.You did that THe Boss Mannn?
Shield : The Steelshield could brake very fast too, if the enemy has a "bonus against shield weapon". Try some shields with high hitpoints ( about 400+ ) too. ( Better against shieldbreaker )
I have enjoyed the steel buckler for a while. It has high body armor of 60. Arrows could not brake it. Swords can hit on it for an hour .... but than came this axe wielding freak ( i think it was someone with Tor in his name ;-) ) .... in the 2nd hit on my fresh started shield it breaks my buckler. Yes it blocked only 1 hit ! After the second it was crushed to pieces ...
Sean, few questions.
1. Shield skill, when that guy broke your buckler in 1 hit?
2. Do you know, that buckler has a "little" bit less HP then other shields? Steel shield with 8+ shield skill and it would block a lot more hits...
Correct me if I am wrong but the armor of a shield is like armor on a person, it decreases the damage done to the shield, however when a weapon has a bonus against shields it ignores the armor of the shield, therefore low hit point shields break faster to things like axes, but high hitpoint shields with less armor take more damage from things like arrows because of the reduced armor. Personally you might want to consider the triple heirloomed fur covered shield, nothing says barbarian like a 700 hit point shield covered in fur.Wrong. I'll explain...
Wrong. I'll explain...
Bonus to shield is a 2x Multiplier to damage when striking shields. That is all -- However that is more than you think it is just by hearing it.
Mathematically speaking though, since the damage is raised it will negate the armor at a Higher percentage of its damage dealt. This can make axes MORE useful for higher armor shields than lower armor shields -- But still super useful always. Always.
Example 1: Hit a fur covered shield for 50 damage with no bonus, let's say 8 damage is negated by armor and 42 is absorbed by shield HP. With a bonus to shield multiplier that is now 100 damage, 8 still negated by armor and 92 damage absorbed by the shield. Since it has such High HP it will still last a long long time, but it will last roughly half as long as normal when struck by a bonus to shield weapon.
Example 2: Hit a steel shield which negates 50 damage. You hit it for 60 damage with a 2 handed sword and do 10 damage to it's HP only. Now say you hit for 60 damage from a shield bonus weapon for a total of 120 damage. 50 negated damage leaves 70 damage still dealt to the shield's HP. Since it has a low amount of HP, it won't last very long to a high damage axe. In this example, an axe does 7 times more damage than a non shield bonus weapon, due to having more damage negate the armor's effectiveness.
No, This is not the exact math, nor the amount of damage negated by the armor presented. There are lots of variables on armor effectiveness, damage, etc in a normal game that I am not going to bother adding. Many of which are randomly generated effectivenesses per strike and stuff.
*due to heirlooming effects, I'd loom a steel shield, huscarl, or knightly heater since it raises shield armor on them even higher. Shield armor has exponential increasing effectiveness, not a simple linear increase to effectiveness which HP provides.