Skyrim's been out a while.

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I have to bitch about the dragon armor for a moment. I mean, you have to have a crafting skill of 100, it takes dragon bones and scales which take up half your inventory to carry around, and then, after spending all that effort to craft them, it turns out they're not even as good as the daedric armor?

WTF?

DragonSCALE armor is the best light armor in the game, better than Glass.

DragonPLATE is the second-best heavy armor by base rating in the game, just behind Daedric.

Although Dragonplate armor has a lower base armor rating than Daedric, the difference in base armor rating is not always significant. A full set of either type of armor can provide a character with an armor rating well past the 567 displayed armor rating needed to achieve the armor cap by applying the right combination of Heavy Armor perks, Fortify Heavy Armor enchantments while wearing the armor, and/or use of Fortify Smithing enchanted gear and potions while improving the armor. At that point, the lighter weight of Dragonplate (79 vs 96) may make it more attractive than Daedric (unless you have the Conditioning perk or The Steed Stone ability). Also, the materials used to make Dragonplate armor are generally available in larger quantities than Daedric Armor. Note that getting the Dragon Armor perk uses the same number of total Smithing perks as the Daedric Armor perk, if you take the left-hand branch of the Smithing tree.

It's hard work to make that Daedric armor, hard work to find the mats to. And even then... the armor might even be overkill.

To me, it's a stylistic decision by the time you've got strong enough smithing to make it.

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Try shouting at the pretty ceiling orb

[eyes huge]

What shout?

Unrelenting force, here's the drake you're looking for: http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Vulthuryol

Fairly awesome dragon from a speculative lore standpoint.

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I pitty the snow elves.

but I am enraged as fuck everytime I am suddently confronted with up to 10 falmer.

or when I hear a arrows whistle - followed by a "aaaarggh" - and the notification that I have been poisoned with some shitty falmer poison.

Might come down to a mechanical skill difference. Skyrim is a game where you can potentially avoid all of someone's damage just by moving out of the damage zone. This is hilariously easy with archers, who you can force to lead you and then walk the other direction when their arrow releases.

Even better... the falmer can't even see you