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[Chugster]

Just wondering, rogues and archers get along fine in light, warriors do fine in massive so who benefits from heavy?

 

Ive played all classes and never used it on any of them apart from when they are low level

[Mike3207]

Mages are best with heavy armor, Arcane Warriors and Shapeshifters. Fatigue is a factor in how much mana you need to cast spells. I was shocked when I saw Blizzard cost 132 mana with Combat Magic on, but 76 if you have a low fatigue score. Shapeshifters add their form fatigue onto whatever armor you might wear, so a fatigue reducing set like Wades is very useful for them. Wades armor set is good for all mages in fact.

[theskymoves]

Mages are best with heavy armor, Arcane Warriors and Shapeshifters. Fatigue is a factor in how much mana you need to cast spells. I was shocked when I saw Blizzard cost 132 mana with robes on, but 76 if you have a low fatigue score. Shapeshifters add their form fatigue onto whatever armor you might wear, so a fatigue reducing set like Wades is very useful for them. Good for all mages in fact.

 

Good for all mages, unless the mage isn't an Arcane Warrior - they do exist, believe it or not -  and in that case the idea of putting points into strength just to be able to equip something other than robes is just silly. (IMO.)

 

More OT, I only use heavy armours for tanking warriors, early in the game and until they can equip massive, and for my squishy dex build warriors because they don't want or need massive.

[themikefest]

I'm not a fan of heavy armor even when I played as a warrior. I usually let Sten and Alistair wear heavy armor. I prefer the medium armor that Wade makes from killing the high dragon from the ashes quest for my rogue or warrior.

[Elhanan]

Heavy armor for my Thieves and Mages, and those Warriors not wearing something else. This seems to prevent fatal Overwhelm attacks, and allows my mages to wear something else besides those hats.

[Mike3207]

Good for all mages, unless the mage isn't an Arcane Warrior - they do exist, believe it or not -  and in that case the idea of putting points into strength just to be able to equip something other than robes is just silly. (IMO.)

 

Well, the shapeshifter forms Bear and Spider have their normal attacks do more damage with increased strength, so they have a legitimate reason to increase strength. Spellpower increases their stats too, but the strength scaling for spider is a bit slow.

[Blazomancer]

All of the classes can benefit from wearing heavy armor; I guess it's better than sprinting about in your smallclothes.

It's true there are very few heavy armor pieces that remains useful after one gets access to the top tier light and massive armor sets. Evon's Mail(with or without Wade's Heavy Dragonscale) as already mentioned, and Armor of Diligence in Origins are the only one that comes to mind right now.

The way I see it, I believe these provide the best dividends for certain specific builds, like say a defensive warrior, or an Arcane Warrior or a specialist Shapeshifter. There are better alternatives for other builds, at least from a min-maxing perspective.