Gladi8er65 replied to How to make fighting fun? July 16, 2021 @ 9:11:43 pm PDT
I usually skip making bronze armor, for a couple reasons, and instead, wear Troll armor, usually up until i am able to craft Iron or even Silver armors
1) Bronze armor is super "grindy" to make and upgrade due to having to mine and process 2 separate resources, then combine to make bronze... Because of this, it also takes twice as much coal than, for instance, Iron, and take twice as long, overall, to process and craft it AND upgrade it....
2) Another reason I skip over bronze armor is the movement penalty... It drains your stamina faster. Bad news in the early game, when you don't have the greatest foods available yet to keep up your HP and Stamina levels at a higher max.
3) Troll armor.. Is nearly just as good as Bronze and doesn't have the movement penalty and, in fact, a full set allows 25% sneak as well, making you harder to detect, and IF you have to run, your stamina won't drain as fast.
You are far better off using that bronze to craft Bronze TOOLS and WEAPONS and upgrade them, and wearing Troll armor until you are able to craft Iron or even wait until you can craft silver, before putting the troll armor away in a chest to use in an emergency... Always upgrade your tools and weapons to the next resource before making armor from the next resource.
More important than any armor is, to manage your HP and Stamina... This means ALWAYS upgrading to, and USING, the very best foods available... As newer ingredients and recipes become available, craft and use those newer foods to give yourself, and MAINTAIN, the very highest max HP and Stamina boost you can...
Rest bonus goes hand in hand with Foods... Resting by a fire and other "comfort" items will give you a significant boost to HP regen and Stamina regen, while it is active... The more confort items you rest near, the longer the buff lasts.
Shields... learn how to block / parry using shields which can give you significant advantage in a fight when you stun the opponent, making it much easier to kill them, as well as reduce the amount of damage you take... It is also a good idea to learn how to dodge / roll to avoid attacks.
Make and USE the various Meads available, from stamina heal, HP heal, poison resist, frost resist etc.
This game is very much a stamina / HP manager and as long as you keep those topped off and in good shape, the easier it is to survive any encounter.
1) Bronze armor is super "grindy" to make and upgrade due to having to mine and process 2 separate resources, then combine to make bronze... Because of this, it also takes twice as much coal than, for instance, Iron, and take twice as long, overall, to process and craft it AND upgrade it....
2) Another reason I skip over bronze armor is the movement penalty... It drains your stamina faster. Bad news in the early game, when you don't have the greatest foods available yet to keep up your HP and Stamina levels at a higher max.
3) Troll armor.. Is nearly just as good as Bronze and doesn't have the movement penalty and, in fact, a full set allows 25% sneak as well, making you harder to detect, and IF you have to run, your stamina won't drain as fast.
You are far better off using that bronze to craft Bronze TOOLS and WEAPONS and upgrade them, and wearing Troll armor until you are able to craft Iron or even wait until you can craft silver, before putting the troll armor away in a chest to use in an emergency... Always upgrade your tools and weapons to the next resource before making armor from the next resource.
More important than any armor is, to manage your HP and Stamina... This means ALWAYS upgrading to, and USING, the very best foods available... As newer ingredients and recipes become available, craft and use those newer foods to give yourself, and MAINTAIN, the very highest max HP and Stamina boost you can...
Rest bonus goes hand in hand with Foods... Resting by a fire and other "comfort" items will give you a significant boost to HP regen and Stamina regen, while it is active... The more confort items you rest near, the longer the buff lasts.
Shields... learn how to block / parry using shields which can give you significant advantage in a fight when you stun the opponent, making it much easier to kill them, as well as reduce the amount of damage you take... It is also a good idea to learn how to dodge / roll to avoid attacks.
Make and USE the various Meads available, from stamina heal, HP heal, poison resist, frost resist etc.
This game is very much a stamina / HP manager and as long as you keep those topped off and in good shape, the easier it is to survive any encounter.
5:13 am, July 17, 2021