Since when has anyone ever accused Gearbox of doing its ‘Due Diligence’. Just look at their recent history with games like Duke Nukem and Aliens and then try to accuse Gearbox of doing its due diligence. 

Probably because the contract signers in charge of negotiations between companies may not know the whole history/background of a company. If you didn’t actively look at forums and such discussing G2A, and only working them in a business perspective, they look like a legit company (considering more than a few companies…

I was always more of a fan of El Kabong!

Ah, Sins of a Solar Empire. I literally can (and occasionally do) spend entire weekends loading up some of the biggest maps in the game and go to town. One of the best 4x games ever made. I even have the collectors edition of it with the Kol battleship statue. The war stories I could tell you about that game could…

Visually speaking, it is really fantastic looking. Lots of intricate detail and great functional workmanship in the way the epaulets and gauntlets work correctly. its just not ‘practical’ if it were made into real armor. It would make excellent parade or ceremonial armor. Its more realistic compared to most other…

Cuirass is just breasplate. it was designed to help protect against rifle fire by deflecting the round. This armor was designed post medieval and worked because there were really no other options for armor in the world of guns. Even today, your standard soldiers body armor is similarly designed to do the same thing…

Did he run it while in full gambeson, chain and plate? or was it just the plate armor itself? Because if he ran it while wearing it the full setup (as it was designed) that is certainly an impressive feat. If it was just the plate, then while awesome, its not as impressive. Because I have ran 5+ miles with boots and…

Cosplay and Practical are two wholly different things. You call it armor (which was based on real armor) and then call it practical (which it isnt, it was designed to be comfortable). Its REASONABLY designed in that it doesnt have the fantasy trope with the boob window, but that by no means makes it practical. The…

I didnt say it was restrictive (certainly not as restrictive as popular media likes to portray it as), I said it was cumbersone if worn correctly. gambeson, chain, and then plate armor (and potentially surcoat) has an effect on the body. But the mobility is more reliant on how well fitting the armor was designed and…

Read my responses to what others have already said. Pteruges (the leather skirt) would and should be included as leg armor for this armor, not the sheer cloth bullshit currently attached. The sheer cloth attached to this armor is literally fucking worthless. Actual pteruges are a good piece of relatively cheap but…

I know, right? Who wants to die like a commoner when you can die like an a king!

Romans also used shields (as did many cultures for many centuries) well before armor advanced to the point to keep up with how much deadlier weapons were designed.

Plate armor as it was in the late medieval time period (like german gothic armor and such) was cumbersome if worn with gambeson, chain, plate amor (and potentially a surcoat) the way it was suppose to be worn. But by no means did it make someone immobile. You wouldnt be as maneuverable or fast as someone wearing…

The author and the designer are using ‘practical’ as the actionable word to mean it doesnt have the stupid boob plate window/valley. That doesnt make the armor practical, that just makes the armor reasonable. The designer tried to design it to be comfortable to wear (which makes absolute sense, especially if you are…

No, it isn’t. The elbow is a relatively small target that moves more than the shoulders do.

I said you wouldnt be winning sprint races and gymnastic competitions, but you certaintly werent going to be immobile. I spent 4 years in the marines and did a tour in afghanistan, I know a little something about body armor and meneuverability. Now I am not a HEMA practitioner, but I know for a fact that plate armor…

you can see my responses to other replies about ‘its only caster/mage armor’ excuse. So I wont keep repeating myself.

it honestly depends on the type of fantasy environment your in. If its DnD, those gauntlets would certainly put some negative modifiers to your casting. If its final fantasy, it wouldnt impede it very much.

If someone of this stature has the means to get half a body’s worth of plate armor, they have the means to plate the other half. And this wouldn’t be some 3rd line grunt operating siege machines or bows. A person who would have plated armor like this would be mounted, and leg armor would be a major deal since the legs…

I have already stated that actual military skirts like the Pteruges is what should be here, instead of the sheer fabric currently in its place. Thats why I said the skirt (as pictured) should be removed and a leather pteruges or actual plated leg armor and greaves be used.