Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7292443-20130320015211/@comment-7362333-20130327041423

the restoration potion is part of the game, but if used correctly & not abusively it can help you through the game as it was meant to be played.

Here is a trick to leveling up your armor & blocking trees; with the potions you can create a suit of armor ( heavy & light) that gives 407% to health and 800% to health regeration. dawn the armor and find a cave that has bears in it, sit in a corner with your back to the bears and let them mawl you. your armor will keep you alive and allow you to max out your heavy and light armor trees. when completed turn to face the bears and raise your shield and then walk away from the game until your blocking skill tree is at 100 as well. then return home and place your enchanted armor on mannequins never to be used again.

I have used the overpowering effects of the restoration potion to create something I have always hated about this game...being over-encumbered. I used the potion 5 times then created a 1 potion to fortify carry weight which I casted onto a necklace that allows me to now carry up to 42,769 pounds. now I can enter any place in the realm and carry every ounce of loot, weapons, armor and potions without having to drop it off someplace and forget where I put it all.