Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-25981649-20170212211906/@comment-26172435-20170213075913

Catfishperson wrote: Golden armor should be kept at iron level, that is for sure, but an armor made with iron that gives bronze protection? That makes no sense. If the normal Easterling armor is not increased to give iron protection as well, I suggest its crafting recipe be changed. The basic assumption is that the Easterlings hadn't reached a level of mastery of iron smithing that matched that of their western counterparts. This simply implies they could have used the same resources but ended up with relatively low quality finished product.

For player's sense of justice I do however agree with a slightly cheaper recipe with some bronze mixed into the recipe. Nothing too odd about that. Think use of bronze, more flexible parts to connect the larger, less flexible, rough iron parts (rings!) of the armour. A ratio of 1 bronze for every 2-3 iron would do. Alternatively, part of the ingots could be replaced with iron bars.