LotusEater
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Not sure. I think it may level with you, much like the Nightingale Armour does. Meaning if you acquire the item at a higher level, the enchantment will be higher. Perhaps this is also true of the Staff. Lower level, spider, higher level, sphere.
That would be great. I'm gonna have to forge one this time. Just started a new build. I'll wait till I'm up there.
Concerning the Aetherial staff... I used it a total of TEN times and it was a 50 - 50 ratio of getting a sphere or a spider. I used it against a number of different foes. Wolves, bandits and one Revered Dragon (in the middle of Riverwood and I got the BEST KILL CAM SHOT EVER!! Jumped on it's head and hacked at it with my dragonbone sword!!). So it does appear to be random spawning, no matter the foe, or your level of play. I am level 59, playing on master.
That's really cool actually. 50/50 is better than I figured it would be. I was thinking that the Spider would be conjured up more, not that it would necessarily be a bad thing. Spiders are pretty cool too. Now I'm definitely gonna forego the Crown. I like the crown a lot but never really bother abusing it like I should imo. My current build is leaning towards strictly staffs for Conjuration (Sanguine Rose, here I come) and it will fit my build perfectly. Thanks for the info!