Best armour type

[Pob]

Was wondering whether other people think the armours are unbalanced?

 

My thoughts below

 

In the original game unarmoured was rubbish and not worth having unless you where a beast race and with the expansion it still is the same. 2/10 (4/10 if a beast race)

 

Light armour was okay and was the best you could get very early on, but the massive difference between glass and chitin in the original meant that I always went for something else with better protection in Balmora of a medium or heavy nature. With the advent of DB armour in Tribunal light is now worth having as you get a middle ground and some of the other new types are not bad weither and some of the unique peices aren't bad either. Also runs of agility rather than endurance. 7/10 (5/10 in the original)

 

Medium was rubbish in the original, but better in the expansions. The best medium was worse and heavier than glass, but bonemold wasn't bad as a stop gap at an early level as it was reasonably light. This altered with the exansion and adamanitium was good (looks cool as well), but still not as good as light or heavy. Ebony Mail was IMO the only reason for having this skill. 5/10 (3/10 in the original and only for Ebony Mail)

 

Heavy was and still is the best IMO. In the original nothing else was worth it. Heavy had the best unique bits, the best protection and the best enchantment values and while heavy this could be offset by the higher enchantment values which meant you could boost Strength to offset the extra weight. However not many new types in the expansions so the others now better. 9/10 in both

 

Thoughts welcome

[Ysgawyn]

I usually play with a magic-oriented character, so my encumbrance is rather low. I have to think of what i'm carrying. I wear light armor (you're right, this type is better than medium), because i wouldn't waste enchantment for strength, what is less important to me. But the higher enchant values are really alluring :huh:

[barjoe]

Unamored is good cuz when u good in that skill u have a highter amour rate when ur on the medium and heavy amour!

[tmons78]

I, like Pob, am gonna have to say that heavy is the best armor in the game. However, let me caveat that by saying that I think that because my characters are fighter types first, and everything else second. If I were to try a strictly magic character, I would probably try something different (like light or unarmored). But, until then, heavy gets my vote.

[Switch]

heavy. its by far the best IMO, it has a variety of good-looking decent defense armours that cover ur entire body (just the sort i like) :P i dont think its balanced tho, heavy seems 2 have a lot more different suits of armour than the others and they have better armour ratings also...

[thanateros]

Personally with my more general purpose characters I (maybe mistakenly) choose all three, cause sometimes you just wanna wear something different. Most of the armor in the game is balanced, i think, and to get the really good stuff takes a lot of effort, patience, and in the end strength.

[Darmoth]

Light armor by far. It's the most versitile, has the most styles. Is light weight but very protective. I think it's great.

[Peregrine]

I don't think there's really any balance issues. What's best depends on your character. My current character uses bow/spear, so she rarely gets into range of an enemy's melee weapons. So the extra defense of heavy armor really isn't an issue, but the weight is. But the same can't be said for a melee fighter.

Arguments for light:

1) MUCH less weight, so more room for other stuff without getting overburdened or running into that speed loss at near-complete load.

2) Key attribute is agility, not endurance. Depending on your other skills, this might let you focus on a single attribute.

3) (in my opinion) Looks much better.

4) Defense, especially of glass, really isn't that low.

 

For heavy:

1) Massive defense. You're a tank pretty much. So if you're going to trade attacks, its a good thing to have.

2) Better durability.

3) Better enchant values.

 

Of course none of that's counting the uniques, since then its not the armor itself, but the enchantment that's the deciding factor. So basic point is: both have their advantages. Except for possibly medium, there isn't much of, if any, balance problem.

[Ashjam]

Light armor.... mostly because I play sneaky-and/or-magic types. And you can always carry the loot, you have more space in your inventory.

 

Now if I could only make nicer looking glass-armor...

[ShinJiOh]

i see

 

I am a light armoured person, but only because that is the way my character is.

I think, (and think it also says it somewhere in the game) that the best type of armour to use is the one you are best trained in. ;)