I just tried a pure mage build, leaving helgen a full mana bar was just enough to kill a pathetic wolf (my barbarian killed them in half a second).
So i do wonder if mage are viable.
Since my barbarian was a breton (high conjuration) i tried the fire atronach a bit and i was not impressed at all. I mainly used it to shot at dragons (even if he was not much better than me).
I foresee a lot of problem with a mage build (assuming a non crafting build) :
- Item increasing weapon damage are common, but i never saw any increasing fire or magical damage. This means that mage to not scale.
- If i want high mana regen i will need to wear robes. This mean absilutely no armor. In other word it means that any silver hand using a two handed weapon is likely to kill me in 1 hit. This is even more true if i assume that I put a lot of point into magicka while leveling.
- Mage with high conjuration can summon powerfull daedra, but this only happen in the end game. My first toon completed the main quest with no skill at 100. His highest skill was around 80 (two handed), the 70 (smithing) and after skill on the 50s.
- A dual casted (with no perk) fire spell deal less damage than a two hander standard attack (using no stamina). But it uses mana
So i do wonder if mage are viable.
Since my barbarian was a breton (high conjuration) i tried the fire atronach a bit and i was not impressed at all. I mainly used it to shot at dragons (even if he was not much better than me).
I foresee a lot of problem with a mage build (assuming a non crafting build) :
- Item increasing weapon damage are common, but i never saw any increasing fire or magical damage. This means that mage to not scale.
- If i want high mana regen i will need to wear robes. This mean absilutely no armor. In other word it means that any silver hand using a two handed weapon is likely to kill me in 1 hit. This is even more true if i assume that I put a lot of point into magicka while leveling.
- Mage with high conjuration can summon powerfull daedra, but this only happen in the end game. My first toon completed the main quest with no skill at 100. His highest skill was around 80 (two handed), the 70 (smithing) and after skill on the 50s.
- A dual casted (with no perk) fire spell deal less damage than a two hander standard attack (using no stamina). But it uses mana