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Originally posted by Det100
Yes skill is important, basically, all you have to do is keep and eye out for those little nooks in the landscape where smugglers hide. Loot those, deadric shrines, and dwemer ruins. They usually have some sweet stuff. A note though: I wouldnt go off looking for golden saints unless you have skill. They're tough for me and im level 72. They just have a lot of magick and they arent afraid to use it. Also, if your a skilled enouigh thief, you can raid the treasuries at the house cantons in Vivec. They have some cool swords. I found a glass clamore in the Hllalu one. |
You've got to be kidding - at level 72 you should be able to kill a golden with two whacks of Skullcrusher or three arrows from a daedric bow. The one thing a golden does do that is annoying is stop to dispel any magic spells you've cast on them (soul trap, burden, etc.). The only reason they are tough is that they often carry glass stormswords, dwemer claymores, daedric weapons, ebony swords, sometimes dreugh weapons and the like. If you are looking for a glass stormsword or shardsword then a golden is a good bet. They often have glass shields as well but more often than not they will be a dipply Shield of Light. Goldens don't even appear in the game until you've leveled up high enough for them to spawn (the game is geared to give you more difficult creatures to fight the higher your level). Goldens abound in the Grazelands and are a lot of fun to hunt. They can spot you from a great distance and will always charge you, so you have plenty of time to get off a few arrows and a soul trap spell. They are pretty good at dodging arrows and if you hit them with soul trap to soon they will stop to dispell it. Try knocking down their health with a few arrows and then finishing them off with a knife or sword with a cast on strike soul trap enchantment.
Dremora lords are just as tough if not tougher than goldens (they like to hit you with a couple of fire balls before they attack you with a weapon - you shouldn't have much trouble evading these slow traveling spells unless they are at point blank range). These guys almost always carry some kind of daedric weapon (dai-katana, katana, wakizashi, staff, spear, claymores, hammer, tanto, knife, mace, small and large axe, etc - but never bows). These are prized weapons and good for enchanting (try a daedric wakizashi with a cast on strike paralyze enchantment). If you get one that really sucks it will be equipped with a dippy druegh club or staff. The weapons they carry are randomized so you can save just before fighting one and if it has a lousy weapon on it you can reload and try again. One sure way to summon a dremora lord is to loot the alters of daedric shrines (this happens regardless of your current level).
You can easily punch a golden or dremora lord to death using your hand to hand combat skill if its at a decent level (around 70 or better). You will probably gain a couple of HTH profiency points during the fight. For some reason these guys seem to get knocked out fairly quickly and then its just a matter of time and a lot of punches before they die.