(03-29-2015, 04:22 PM)Seriphyn Wrote: Rank-and-file infantry weren't known to be donned up in heavy armour, only knights and cavalry etc. Too expensive. Now, Brass Blades and Stone Torches too, probably because they have a lot of gil behind their owners.
Not the problem - even the higher ups of the Maelstrom do not wear armor, nor do the Immortal Flames and the Twin Adders if you take a look at what they offer. The point is - if even the people in the thick of it do not wear armor with the exception of the Sultansworn, maybe, just maybe, there is more to this decision than just the devs being dinks.
Hell, even the Armorer's guild is busier making ships than actual armor. That we even HAVE an armorer's guild is actually fairly weird considering how little full on armor is found.
Again, there's nothing preventing you from doing it. Like there's nothing preventing me from wearing a boar leather harness and still having a metric fuckton of stats and acting like boar leather caused a glancing blow from an Iron Giant sword.
Also, typically, RDM won't wear anything above medium armor. Think Leathers and Chains rather than the full plate regalia (chain + plate + more plate).
Another thing to keep in mind, full on plate mail got phased out at a point in history with tech that's even lower than Eorzea's, without even counting magic and other such things. I'm saying, if the use of game mechanics to justify why mages don't wear armor is what causes you to stop suspending your disbelief, I don't know what to say.
