Board Thread:Custom Lore Development/@comment-26863727-20160629042102/@comment-26863727-20160630035334

Auraestus wrote: If we are going realistically then anyone in plate armor would dominate anyone in mail or other, because plate armor is:

Light (literally, you can do jumping jacks in them)

Strong,

Easily movable, so much in fact he/she can easily keep up with 'swift lesser armored opponents'

and basically impenetrable from arrowfire or crossbow fire.

Just some proof on the mobility thing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTwBQniLSc Yup. Even though it's impractical to put your whole army in full suits, plate was an amazing invention. There's a reason that shields shrunk as plate grew. They just weren't needed by those who could afford that level of protection.