User blog comment:BitsyEC/Concerning Chainmail/@comment-26172435-20160621091615/@comment-25101690-20160626233347

AlteOgre wrote: Arrows, daggers and spears will be most effective against chain mail and warhammers would be most effective against plate armour.

That doesn't make sense. A chainmail has no way to stop the attack of a warhammer, but a plate does. A chainmail would simply let the attack through, the plate would distribute the impact on the whole body. If the plate is made of weak metal, it could bend, which leads to a very uncomfortable situation.

A chainmail protects only from blades, and maybe also from the points of spears and arrows. A plate protects pretty much against everything.

But that's ofc beside the point. For a balanced recipe, I would recommend a chainmail item that is crafted with a ring of 8 nuggets and can be used to craft chain armour just like bars for normal armour, so it's 8/9 of the costs.