Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25012056-20141025153920/@comment-26116279-20150224151251

Orc armor while poor in quality is not as you put it, barely passable as armor, it is not high quality but it is functional as armor and it is usually quite thick. Easterling armor while it may be equal to gondorian armor i doubt that it is better since gondor probably has some of the best human blacksmiths in middle earth. Not to mention at least a few gondorian soldiers, namely the tower guard have armor where the helmet at the very least is mithril.