Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26276322-20150718195413

In the movies and books of LOTR most human factions, like gondor, rohan and other men factions, most soldiers wear chainmail instead of fancy sets of armor. For that not to happen, i suggest that soldiers of every kind of human faction start spawning with chain armor and leathered chain armor. Not all men are capable of withstanding the massive weight of a dense iron armor.

Chain armor would be made with iron rings, that can be made in a gondorian or rohirim table with 1 iron ingot in the middle and a blacksmith's hammer above it. That would make the player 4 iron rings, and with those rings, the player could craft chain armor in the normal armor pattern. For further improvement and fancier looking armor, the player can cover the armor with leather which adds 1 protection point to the piece of chain armor leathered.

How to make leathered armor:

A-Chain Helmet

B-Chain Chestplate

C-Chain Leggings

D-Chain Boots

L-Leather

X-Empty

L L L

L A L = Leathered Chain Helmet

X X X

L X L

L B L = Leathered Chain Chestplate

L L L

L L L

L C L = Leathered Chain Leggings

L X L

X X X

L X L = Leathered Chain Boots

L D L

The Leathered Chain Armor would look like a darker, kinda worn out and crude leather armor set, and would make the mod a bit more lore friendly. 