Is it still useful against melee weapons?
Thanks for the replies!
Here's my setup: +3 head, body, hands, Danish GS and Barmace.
I want to trade the Barmace for another weapon. And then I'm wondering whether I should trade the helmet for another weapon or not. I'm not going to retire anymore or buy more looms (can't afford it).
What would you do in my situation?
A +3 Helmet or Boots are both very useful. The entire philosophy of helmets and boots being useless is one of the reason over 80% of my hits are either leg shots or head shots. Everyone has their loomed body and gloves with upwards 70 armor, but only wear 50-60 armor helmets and about 40-50 armor boots.
Just silly how many people I see in transitional+ and wearing leather boots.
NH_Turboflex did a test on the difference between a Lordly Warlord Helmet vs Non. Longbow + Bodkin to face without loom = 50% hp (24 str/ 7IF)
Longbow to face with loom = 30%.
Coincidentally those numbers look very similar to what you would get for body/gloves...
But hey, if you want to listen to everyone elses helmet/boots suck, I'll enjoy playing tic tac toe with your eyes and knees.
I concur about the usefulness of loomed helmets, just see weapons as actively upping the fun factor more : )
about boots: first: your loom level of body armor already adds +x to leg armor, AND damage to legs is 80%, passively "adding" to leg armor by decreasing incoming damage. so nah, dont see them toooo important, althou i often go for legs as well, specially cav guys
Its usefulness comes and goes, but you'll thank your lucky stars when it happens.
I own a lordly helmet, but many people have told me that it is quite useless, since headshots deal a lot of damage anyway.
You can get higher head armor easily anyway for not that much weight and money increase. For example:
Getting the equivalent of 3 loom levels worth in head armor from a Guard Helmet, which would be a Vaegir War Mask would give me 0.5 weight more and give a 1.7k gold price increase.
0.5 weight, 1.7k, that is not worth giving up 3 loompoints and being stuck with one helmet.
I sold mine lordly guard helmet when ave emperor hit me with his Nordic champ sword in the head and took me 99% of health.I had 6 or 7 iron flesh then.
I was so mad,because it doesn't rely matter how much armor u have when there is bonus on head hits.
Actually it matters a bit but you need to have over 55 head armor to make a difference.
so now instead of taking 2 hits, you take 1 hit. you are a genius!
guard helmet is 47 base, its a lowarmor helm. Get a 55+I ain't no HRE platecrutcher.
Still, it's not what one should loom first
Pff, I loomed my straw hat first and I don't regret it.
guard helmet is 47 base, its a lowarmor helm. Get a 55+47 armour is low armour.
so now instead of taking 2 hits, you take 1 hit. you are a genius!it is low protection genius.
it is low protection genius.
You will die the same with loomed or not loomed guard helmet. instead of loosing 99% if health u will loose 87% what a save of health,this must worth spending 1 200 000 gold on it.
I am glad u grinded 3 gens to loom some shit that you can buy on market not loomed and get even better protection for 100 gold more upkeep.
Upkeep on boots and head armor is so low that makes them stupid to loom when you can buy a ordinary item with better stats. Only sense to loom this is to save weight or because of style.
You have big bonuses for leg and head hits,so 3 or 5 more armor will mean nothing when 51 cut axe with 7ps hit u in leg or in the head.
You will die in one hit even in lordly guard helmet.
You can only loom armors close to 60 base armor and then make them closer to 70 because on 80 armor every cut weapon will bounce,so if you have over 60 armor more chances that some weapons will glance. looming less then 57 base protection helmets is just waste of looms.
Instead - my posts and calling me genius you cold sometimes respect the fact that others may not share your opinion about something.
I ain't no HRE platecrutcher.
bitch please, you usually use heavier than meI know I am a platecrutcher, but if a guard helmet is considered a low armour helmet than HRE platecrutching seems to be quite a different league.
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Mlekce, not to bother or anything...but if you are left with 1% of your health after getting headshotted with your +3 helmet, by removing that +3 helmet aren't you getting 1 shotted instead of 2?It doesn't worth spending 3 loompoints on it.
It doesn't worth spending 3 loompoints on it.
It depends on weapon that hit you in the head and speed bonus. You will die the same with loomed and not loomed helmet if
warhammer or great bardiche hit you in the head and you would survive few hits with weak weapons with ordinary helmet.
Bolt in the head will kill you no matter what helmet you have,there is maybe 2 guys in whole crpg that can take 2 bolts.
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lies, range weapons dont stick if they dont kill you when they hit you in the head.... lies lies lies....