Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Frankly I think it would be a great stepping stone to entering the crypts.

Iron crypts with spawners and archers can be a pain and the bonuses on the set are ideal for it....

The only problem is by the time you get enough roots for the armor you probably have plenty of iron going. Unless you want the speed/stealth thing it isn't worth getting at all.

Yeah that's what I was thinking in terms of acquiring the materials you would probably have enough iron for a set before getting enough roots, and I just don't see the other benefits being worth sacrificing the ability to take more hits even for a stealthy build, at least if you are playing solo.

Originally posted by BrokenDoop:

Originally posted by GunsForBucks:

Frankly I think it would be a great stepping stone to entering the crypts.

Iron crypts with spawners and archers can be a pain and the bonuses on the set are ideal for it....

The only problem is by the time you get enough roots for the armor you probably have plenty of iron going. Unless you want the speed/stealth thing it isn't worth getting at all.

Yeah that's what I was thinking in terms of acquiring the materials you would probably have enough iron for a set before getting enough roots, and I just don't see the other benefits being worth sacrificing the ability to take more hits even for a stealthy build, at least if you are playing solo.

Well if you are the kind of player that memorizes enemy attack patterns and have parrying down to perfection so you never get hit you could make it work.

That isn't me though. Ha ha ha.

With the bonuses on different pieces you can mix and match, unlike the troll armor where you need the whole set for the sneak. Get only chest for pierce, or only mask for poison resist. Swap them out based on what you are doing. Only do the full set if you are a dedicated archer.

Root armor was not hard for me to get even pre-iron, considering that Abominations go down quick if you just walk them over to a geyser. It does take some guts, though.

(that said, I still suffered the traditional swamp multi-death after getting cocky on a draugr spawner, so I'm not going to pretend I'm an ace swamp runner)

Originally posted by c0mad0r:

I used it Vs Moder and for hunting, but not much of a use case outside of that, at least for me.

seems like mostly a PvP set.. best protection vs getting shot at by a Draugr Fang, but in PvE there usually seems to be a better option.. except for the headgear, which gets worn a lot

The root set is resistant to pierce and poison. In the swamps, Draugr archers have a hell of a kick, and of course poison is your other big enemy. Root armor adds 15 points to your archery skill level and allows you to be more agile than bronze or iron armor.

Because of the way it looks, I think root armor should also boost sneaking.

The light sets are offering you a trade ... armor rating for something else. "Balance" perhaps? It provides more playstyles beyond just outgearing your enemy with the classic (first released) style of armor/health/weapon damage/block = win approach.

Originally posted by Zep Tepi:

With the bonuses on different pieces you can mix and match, unlike the troll armor where you need the whole set for the sneak. Get only chest for pierce, or only mask for poison resist. Swap them out based on what you are doing. Only do the full set if you are a dedicated archer.

Ah, thats a pretty good idea.

Originally posted by Polonius Ulf:

The root set is resistant to pierce and poison. In the swamps, Draugr archers have a hell of a kick, and of course poison is your other big enemy. Root armor adds 15 points to your archery skill level and allows you to be more agile than bronze or iron armor.

Because of the way it looks, I think root armor should also boost sneaking.

Yeah, honestly every light set should boost sneaking somewhat imo.
I think if the root set did that I would definitely think it would be worth sacrificing the armour stats for it.

Has to do with the playstyle. It's best for stealth-archer types who like a lot of mobility. It's definitely not a set for face-tanking.

Originally posted by Adele Dazeem:

Has to do with the playstyle. It's best for stealth-archer types who like a lot of mobility. It's definitely not a set for face-tanking.

Still seems pretty weak even for that, especially since it has no sneak buff like troll armour.

I used it Vs Moder and for hunting, but not much of a use case outside of that, at least for me.

Originally posted by BrokenDoop:

Originally posted by Adele Dazeem:

Has to do with the playstyle. It's best for stealth-archer types who like a lot of mobility. It's definitely not a set for face-tanking.

Still seems pretty weak even for that, especially since it has no sneak buff like troll armour.

gives you anti poison and prierce resistance , with that set skellies and draugr archer makes you pretty low damage to you
and nope , its a light type set , between troll and fenris , not between heavy sets , now the game trully have both type of armors
these sets gives you a lot of buff in cost of brute defense points
troll : 0 speed penalty and stealth bonus , have very similar defense than bronze set ( that its trash right now )
root : 6% speed penalty and makes u weak to fire , but gives you +15 bow skill , pierce resist and poison resist , at full gives the same defense as bronze set
fenris : 9% speed bonus , frost resist and fire resist , still have less defense than full iron set but still pretty usefull if you are a runner player ( archer , dagger ) , and if you want some more defense use a top helmet with chest and leggs , still gives you 6% of speed and frost resist

Originally posted by BrokenDoop:

Originally posted by Adele Dazeem:

Has to do with the playstyle. It's best for stealth-archer types who like a lot of mobility. It's definitely not a set for face-tanking.

Still seems pretty weak even for that, especially since it has no sneak buff like troll armour.

I've not used it solo (I'm lazy and happily facetank even fuling berserkers, because I am insane), but when I play with friends, it's the set of choice of one of my buddies. She hangs back and shoots stuff while I go about pulling aggro. The +15 bow is helpful if you've not leveled that skill that much.

Frankly I think it would be a great stepping stone to entering the crypts.

Iron crypts with spawners and archers can be a pain and the bonuses on the set are ideal for it....

The only problem is by the time you get enough roots for the armor you probably have plenty of iron going. Unless you want the speed/stealth thing it isn't worth getting at all.