benefits to Common Light Armor

[xOMOCHIx]

In the latter half of the game, basically many points are allocated to the physique, so the merit of using light clothing is meaningless.:rolleyes:
How about having some merit (eg attack and cast speed for gloves, avoid chance for boots)?

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[eisprinzessin]

But, but … there is no light armor in the game anymore.

Based on continuing feedback about light armor we’ve decided that a change needed to made. We’ve removed the word “light” so that there is now just armor and heavy armor.

I say it sort of jokingly but that’s actually what we’ve done. I think part of the problem with light armor is that people view it along D&D lines, like it is a strategic choice to wear light armor in exchange for some alternate bonus, like increased evasion or whatever. It is, indirectly but the bonus doesn’t come from the armor, it comes from being able to invest attributes in cunning and spirit that heavy armor users must invest in physique. Getting an additional bonus for making no investment to wear light armor would diminish the value of investing in physique to wear heavy armor by giving light armor users a double advantage. This would be especially bad if it were a defensive bonus that made light armor more equal but different to heavy armor, then you’d be getting an offensive advantage from more offensive attribute investment while still getting strong defense.

Though its just semantics, I think removing the term “light” will help people to better understand that it is just the default armor and not an armor that is meant to directly confer some sort of advantage over the ability to invest more attributes in cunning and spirit.

Heavy armor is part of the defensive bonus you get from investment in physique instead of investing in cunning or spirit to increase your damage output.

If you want to factor in some sense of realism, Heavy armor users don’t suffer movement loss because they have superior physique to compensate.

I get your argument about physique being the most important attribute. The majority here on the forums seems to agree with this, but some people think differently and do not sink 90+% of their attribute points in physique.

But you gave me an idea. What if certain (rare) affixes were more prevalent on normal armor and certain others more on heavy armor? That would help to make the different armor classes feel more distinct.

[Ceno]

Light armor has the advantage of being more stylish.

…TRANSMOG WHEN

[Azmodael]

But, but … there is no light armor in the game anymore.

I get your argument about physique being the most important attribute. The majority here on the forums seems to agree with this, but some people think differently and do not sink 90+% of their attribute points in physique.

But you gave me an idea. What if certain (rare) affixes were more prevalent on normal armor and certain others more on heavy armor? That would help to make the different armor classes feel more distinct.

That sounds like an excellent idea to make caster armor even worse. Go go spirit

[eisprinzessin]

Yes, it might be a bad idea. I also want defensive bonuses on (caster) armor and offensive ones on heavy armor. But of Featherstep and of Dancing Shadows sounds like they were made for normal armor, whereas of Kings and of the Flesh Hulk might befit heavy armor better. And they can still appear on all kinds of armor, but on one type they are more frequent.

[blawsonhull]

their change makes sense on the one hand, but there’s SO many -% physique required to wear armor that any caster should be able to wear most heavy armor.

i almost never even bother with the armor amount unless the character needs to facetank literally everything. it’s all about stats and % armor absorb.