Something about looks... and armor!

[Lynoa06]

Paladins do wear cloth armor, at least the healing ones.

So it doesn't interfere with their healing.

But your point still stands :>

[muhaha8]

Hehe. I know that the healing paladins do, but my point was Retribution-ish and protection paladins. They wear plate . And I'm glad I even made sense at all xD

[Miah]

I honestly that the .add rp armour should have its restriction's removed. I would love to be a caster who wears cloth, except for a breastplate. Stops you getting stabbed, so my character would wear it. But even as is, even in the heaviest armour characters in-game seem to run about like they are wearing nothing at all. Especially the huge shouldered decorative armours which must weigh so much you shouldn't be able to move. All im saying is, its already abused, so we may as well let those who would use it responsibly do so.

[muhaha8]

Yet, if you actually open it up like that, it doesn't stop people who abuse it now from abusing it worse. And besides, there's a decent number of people who don't abuse it currently. My death knight, who wears full plate mail, walks everywhere, regardless of how far it is, or how fast whoever he is travelling with is going. He recognizes that he'd tire very fast. Granted, a lot of people do abuse it, regardless. But, like I said, do we -really- want people abusing it in more stupid, frankly, obnoxious and amazingly inaccurate manners? I sure don't.

[Lynoa06]

Well anyways, OOCly, it's prone to abuse. I already thought about a small server-side script that would slow down people according to X stat. Say, the item level, or anything else. Or just whether its plate or mail or leather or mushroom. I think we really should leave it as it is.

[muhaha8]

Like I said, the restrictions were put in place for a reason. We shouldn't mess with them, as Blizz intended those limits for good reasons.

[Jurkey]

Good thing that this is a private server then.
I agree on the breastplate thing. I have an assassin who would wear a breastplate, seeing as if he got in open combat, he could take a stab or two to the chest, without it piercing his heart.

[Esthrunil]

You could do what I always do, and say that if your character has a breastplate/metal portions of their armor, just... Y'know... Say it's part of the leather/cloth/mail you're wearing. I reckon that leather armor can be fitted over a breastplate and made as unobtrusive as possible, if done properly, and I know for a fact that a breastplate can be worn under the lofty robes mages tend to wear.

And in situations where you're likely to be stabbed, do you really want your opponent to know that you're wearing plated armor on your chest? If I were looking to stab someone and I saw that they're wearing metal protection on their chest, I'd go for the jugular or equally weak spot, personally.

I'm just saying that, even if your character -does- wear it, it doesn't mean it absolutely has to be part of your model's outfit. I've said a number of times that my character has chain inlay in their suit vests. I've even said that the same character wears a rather thin metal sheet fitted to their body, underneath it all. You just keep it as a part of the RP.

[TadanoHitoshi]

I could understand allowing mages to wear armour other than cloth (and other classes to wear armour heavier than they usually do) if donning such armour removed (temporarily, only while wearing it) their ability to cast spells (or stealth, in the case of rogues).

A mage could wear a full suit of plate, be protected by it, but wouldn't be able to cast while wearing it (or any part of it, for that matter).

If the above is possible via game-mechanics however, I have no idea.

[Drust]

The armor proficiencies are simply game mechanics, I see no reason why they should matter in RP. If someone is a mage it doesn't mean they can't wear plate. They could have a viable reason to don it at some point, maybe they're not looking to attack but to defend and they want better protection, just because someone is a spell caster or a rogue, doesn't mean they can't wear other armor. Nothing is stopping them. They may look stupid wearing it. But no doubt they'd have good reason for it.

[FlyingSquirrel]

Honestly, people, it's been stated again and again and again.

Spoiler:

Armor Proficiencies will stay as is.

[Aphetoros]

Good thing that this is a private server then.
I agree on the breastplate thing. I have an assassin who would wear a breastplate, seeing as if he got in open combat, he could take a stab or two to the chest, without it piercing his heart.

Spoiler:

And I thought my character was a necromancer. :wink:

[Jonoth]

OOC, I can understand why the proficiencies exist, and should probably stay that way.

IC, I can remember in the old X-Men comics that the character Psylocke (before she was made into an Asian ninja) was a simple telepath, not trained in combat, and for her protection she was given a chain armor, complete with plating and a chain hood and cloak. So from that perspective, I could totally see a caster wearing a protective outfit, as IC I doubt a caster would wear only cloth out of 'fairness' and leave themselves open to be bashed.

There is the potential for abuse, but that's always the chance of offering a bit less restriction, and is a part of anything we are allowed, even the .addrpitem command itself.

[Wuvvums]

We must also note for women that not all the plate sets are platey.

Go look up the vanguard and bloodscale sets and you'll see what I mean. c:

[Kaelvan]

I agree with keeping the restrictions as they are. It is to prevent abuse.

Rogues and Mages can wear breastplate but why would they? It limits rogues speed and dexterity, you cant be flexible at all in mail or plate and for mages it has a chance to disrupt your spellcasting because it's such a burden.

A good effort but it seems as though armor will be staying the same, at least for now.