Armor: Difference between revisions

It's important to understand how armor values function. Each type of armor (Improvised, Gambeson, Chain, Plate) have base stat modifiers. A full set of [[iron]] plate slows you down just as much as a full set of [[copper]] plate, but iron armor has more durability so it lasts longer than copper armor. Secondly, iron is "more protective" because a metal of a higher tier has a higher "Flat Damage Reduction" and a higher "Relative Protection" reduction percentage. Also, armor constructed from higher tier materials protects more effectively against powerful attacks from higher tier weapons. Generally, rarer and higher tier metals make better armor, iron is better than [[black bronze]] which is better than copper. So it's worth your resources to make good armor.  

When it comes to armor, plate is the most protective and has the highest flat damage reduction, and the most expensive, as it requires plates on top of chainmail, which is added to a leather jerkin. Please note, the leather jerkin is a component for Brigandine, Chain, Scale, and Plate armors, while the Leather Armor is a "finished armor". Both items can be worn as armor, but they offer very different protective values.