The Great Armor Debate

[dkyle]

Because the suggestions that you are making are just too radical to be implemented without reason.

So radical they did it in LoTRO? And that's a game that cares much more about RP and setting than DDO.

I'm sure the devs and game designers think that arcanes shouldn't look like they're wearing half a mountain's worth of metal armour

Most Wizard players probably agree, so there probably won't be that many Wizards running around in Full Plate. Then again, it's not exactly impossible for a Wizard to wear, say, Mithral Breastplate without ASF.

and paladins shouldn't run around like they look like a mummy.

If you're thinking of the Mummy Wrappings armor, then they could already wear that if they so choose.

What we have now is Paladins in Pajamas. Is that so wonderful?

The game has different armour kinds and armour restrictions for classes for a reason.

Yes, mechanics. Heavy armor gives more AC for less DEX investment at the cost of skill penalties and ASF. That AC means so little is unfortunate, but that's a very difficult problem to fix. Allowing the appearance of heavy armor with the mechanics of light armor would be trivial to do, and at least fix part of the problem.

The logic and rationelle of "it should be how I want it because that's the way I want it" is not, and should not, be considered. Give an actual, non-subjective reason.

It's cosmetics. It's all subjective. There's no "logical" reason why anyone should care what their character looks like.

I'm asking to make my character look the way I want, while wearing the armor I want to wear. You're asking to make your character look the way you want, while wearing the armor you want to wear. I have no problem with your suggestion other than the difficulty I think it might present to the devs. You're the one with a problem with how I want my character to look.