Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26444332-20150904045845

We all know what silver is good for in the mod. Very little. It makes chandeliers, money, and rings. I propose that silver be granted its own armour and tools, much the same as any other ore. After all, if you give gold, the softest and most unusable material in day-to-day life its own tier, why not a rather useful material that actually protects?

Silver armour: With slightly better stats than bronze armour but slightly less than iron, it would be a useful armour that allows someone who is trying to remain neutral to have a good(and nice looking) tier to choose whilst searching for Mithril.

Silver tools: Slightly faster and more durable than bronze(this being a middle ground between bronze and iron) it would provide non-aligned or Hobbit-aligned players with some tools to work with.

Silver weapons: Silver swords, battle-axes, spears, and daggers are renowned in folklore for being effective against werewolves and vampires and their ilk. So silver weapons have a bonus damage against Wargs, Beornings(when added), and spiders. They also have the same damage as a iron weapon but about halfway durability between iron and bronze.

Appearances: Elves loved silver. As such, they knew more about how to mould it than anyone else, and this has passed into the knowledge of how to make it for everyone. Silver tools, weapons, and armour resemble current Elvish weapons(and by Elvish I mean the first Elves to be added, the Galadhrim) and Wood-Elven armour, though the color is purely silver for the business end and grey for the hafts and handles, and possibly as a highlight red or a ice-blue.

I hope you enjoyed this suggestion, and mayhap it shall be added! 