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Old 08-27-2002, 01:19 PM
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Originally posted by MysticHasteP2P_2
Custom armor WON'T WORK, because of the fact that you can really have wooden armor and a plate mail and expect people to beleive that they have equal stats...Samurai always wore light easy fitting outfits for fast movement...we are not going for realism...Do as it will, each kingdom should not be limited to a look, if anything have armors that look different, but can be worn by anyone. Either way, many classes won't wear the heaviest armor.
Actually, Samurai did not always wear light armor. The Samurai Great-Armor was definately not light, though granted, it may have been lighter than Plate and such in medieval europe. Kingdoms should to a degree be limited to a look. When you think about it practically, Samurai would not wear european armor. Both because they wouldn't have had access too it, and for the actual Samurai caste in feudal japanese society, it would have been an affront to their ancesters to wear the armor of europe. Also, we should be going for at least a degree of realism, though not total realism which would be next too impossible
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