Now that is not true, a mace can peirce armor esier than a blade yes, but that is only becuase it takes no skill, you just swing and bash...a truely skilled blade fighter wearing the same armor as a mace fighter would easily take the battle whith his quick and agile steps and swings, and with the proper sword it would take no more than 1 or 2 swings to completly pull out all of the loopholes in an opponents armor..the straps, the unarmored areas, its not that hard you just have got to know what to do. Now im trained in melee combat, and i do not only favor swords im just saying that armor helps, but not all that much..the weapon, does not help all that much..it is the fighter behind the weapon that makes each and ever weapon powerfull, or weak.