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79.116.212.237 wrote: Actualy it makes sense for the Dorwinrim Men to have good armor, since they were a provine of Gondor and some of them may actually have a Numenorean ancestry.

For the Dorwinion Elves it's more complicated to explain, I'll try my best to explain this : The Dorwinion Elves are formed by a clash of cultures : Nandor + Avari + Woodland Elves (from the trades) = Dorwinion Elves. When cultures clash together they form a new culture that has the best from both sides. An example would be the Romans since they had the best weapons in their time, and basically their weapons were of combined Greek, Roman, Egyptean, and Chartaginian Heritage. It's the same thing here, but with Elves.

Hope this was useful ! Thank you for your imput, but regardless of cultural blends, Dorwinion has never been a faction with a military focus. Gondor has been fighting wars for basically the entirity of the Third Age, and aside from maybe some border disputes with Easterlings, Dorwinion has seen little to no conflict. Obviously significant differences in military technology would occur: the men and elves of Dorwinion simply do not have need of armour on par with a faction on Mordor's doorstep. Cultural blending would have occured in fields like agriculture and commerce, but not in areas pertaining to warfare. And also the points above with the comparison to Gondor armour works with the Dorwinion Elven Armour. Except this time it is compared to the High Elven Armour. Dorwinion Armour equaling the smith-craft of the Noldor, who have millenia-old knowledge of warfare against evils of far greater strength than can be found in the Third Age simply makes absolutely no sense. The idea of Dorwinion, a faction well-established by Tolkien and indeed this Mod to be a peaceful, mercantile faction, having militaries equal to perhaps the two most militarily experienced factions in Middle-Earth does not seem right.