Thread:SamwiseFilmore/@comment-27689279-20150622223245/@comment-27723099-20150623141521

SamwiseFilmore wrote:

Metal rings woven together to create a strong, lightweight, flexible armour that is cheaper and easier to make a repair than plate armour.

SamwiseFilmore (Admin)  (Fill My Mailbox) 02:32, June 23, 2015 (UTC) And less resistant against hits.

Chainmail protects against cutting and piercing but gives no protection against heavy impacts. Plate armour protects against everything but a heavy hit could knock you down. In a full body plate armour it's more likely to drown in the mud on the ground than to be wounded. In fact, in the era of plate armours (and before gunpowder was invented) heavy troops lost nearly only when it has rained before or during the battle (and the ground was very muddy).

My favorite is hardened leather armour: not as strong as metal but lighter and a bit more flexible. But I would love to have heavy armour and participate in heavy armour battle events.