Originally posted by Loke666

 

Chainmails are in opposite to what most MMO devs seems to think actually both heavier and harder to move in than a plate mail. In have been proved again and again (if you want to see an example, see when they test them against each other in “The deadliest warrior – Jeanne Dárc  Vs Wilhelm the Conqueror from a few weeks back).

 

Chainmail and platemail represent 2 different technologies and generally are chainmail primitive and offers a lot less protection. Platemail is a evolution of it that offers greatly improved protection and better movement. I own a chainmail myself and have tried out plate as well.

 

And yet in MMOs chainmail is a lighter armor often used by rogues or swashbucklers side by side with warriors using plate mail. It makes no sense whatsoever.

 

Sure, the Romans had both a breastplate and chainmail armors but the Roman breastplate were a lot more primitive than the 15- early 16^th century plate armors that MMO plates are based on.

 

Why do some classes have acess to chain armor but not plate? It just makes no sense.

 i bet most dev dont know that in real life mail weightmore then plate.unless they expect plate to be 3 inch thick?

I was under the impression that non-european mail of the 1300 to 1700's was significantly lighter than plate. Perhaps that's where the developers get their concept. Perhaps I'm an raving idiot and totally wrong too.

Originally posted by Loke666

 

Chainmails are in opposite to what most MMO devs seems to think actually both heavier and harder to move in than a plate mail. In have been proved again and again (if you want to see an example, see when they test them against each other in “The deadliest warrior – Jeanne Dárc  Vs Wilhelm the Conqueror from a few weeks back).

 

Chainmail and platemail represent 2 different technologies and generally are chainmail primitive and offers a lot less protection. Platemail is a evolution of it that offers greatly improved protection and better movement. I own a chainmail myself and have tried out plate as well.

 

And yet in MMOs chainmail is a lighter armor often used by rogues or swashbucklers side by side with warriors using plate mail. It makes no sense whatsoever.

 

Sure, the Romans had both a breastplate and chainmail armors but the Roman breastplate were a lot more primitive than the 15- early 16^th century plate armors that MMO plates are based on.

 

Why do some classes have acess to chain armor but not plate? It just makes no sense.

the point is what is more intuitive?

Originally posted by drbaltazar

 i bet most dev dont know that in real life mail weightmore then plate.unless they expect plate to be 3 inch thick?

The interesting part is that all MMOs make the same mistake. Someone should actually know a little about old technology.

If anyone just put motion sensors on the armor for animations they would see it directly.

They also need to realize that all female armor should be super skimpy. Yes, should be.

You see Sir Scan Tallyclad did tests that proved, the more skin a female fighter exsposes to the air around her, the more powerful she becomes and the more resistance she has against attacks.

Originally posted by Short-Straw

I was under the impression that non-european mail of the 1300 to 1700's was significantly lighter than plate. Perhaps that's where the developers get their concept. Perhaps I'm an raving idiot and totally wrong too.

It wasn't. Both Asian mail from China and Japan and the middle east plate still weights more.

That doesn't mean you a raving idiot or anything, it is a common mistake but whenyou make a game you should at least learn such basic as this.

Talk to anyone in ARMA or SCA, they know this.

Originally posted by jinxxed0

They also need to realize that all female armor should be super skimpy. Yes, should be.

You see Sir Scan Tallyclad did tests that proved, the more skin a female fighter exsposes to the air around her, the more powerful she becomes and the more resistance she has against attacks.

Yeah, but that makes some sense (in the way that showing female skin makes geeks buy the game).

The whole chainmail/platemail thing doesn't sell games, it is just silly and pointless.

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Originally posted by Loke666
 
Chainmails are in opposite to what most MMO devs seems to think actually both heavier and harder to move in than a plate mail. In have been proved again and again (if you want to see an example, see when they test them against each other in “The deadliest warrior – Jeanne Dárc  Vs Wilhelm the Conqueror from a few weeks back).

Chainmail and platemail represent 2 different technologies and generally are chainmail primitive and offers a lot less protection. Platemail is a evolution of it that offers greatly improved protection and better movement. I own a chainmail myself and have tried out plate as well.

And yet in MMOs chainmail is a lighter armor often used by rogues or swashbucklers side by side with warriors using plate mail. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Sure, the Romans had both a breastplate and chainmail armors but the Roman breastplate were a lot more primitive than the 15- early 16^th century plate armors that MMO plates are based on.

Why do some classes have acess to chain armor but not plate? It just makes no sense.

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Since most games ignore the weight (and usually the size) of stuff you're walking around with, it's not surprising that they can ignore the weight of your armor.

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I have honestly never thought about the weight of armor, only how easy it is to bend your arms and stuff like that. I always wondered why these fantasy games, where you could create wormholes, fly, etc. never stumbled upon a stronger than steel laminate/cloth armor.

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How about this: In the real world, chain armor is a bit thicker than plate armor, even though it's weaker. The chain mail ends up using more material than the plate armor, so it's heavier. In a game, all the armors are exactly the same thickness, so the plate armor being solid is heavier and stronger.

There are a number of things here. First Deadliest Warrior is pseydo science at best. As for plate vs. chain. This really is a hard contest to determine. There is not one sigular type of maille nor is there a singular type of plate. The concept that one was more agile in maille comes fromt he fact that most warrior wearing maille worn limited maile, usually a shirt, in contrast to a fully plate clad warrior they would of course be much more agile because overall they have fewer restrictions. 

Add to this that there are differing levels of articulation associated with various kinds of plate armor. For instance jousting armor is notoriously restictive, because of its singular purpose. While Gothic armor tended to have greater articulation partly because it was created near the height of the plate armor epoch. Then take for instance the introdction of gunpowder and the movement towards nearly no armor aside for the use of cuirass and perhaps some armor on the upper legs. 

Personally scale maille (Lamellar specifically) would be my armor of choice if I had to pick an all purpose armor for any period prior to the 18th century, but it was not widely adopted in most of Europe. 

Originally posted by lizardbones

If you ignore the weight of the armors, it makes perfect sense.
Cloth is the most bendy with the least protection.
Leather is less bendy, more protection.
Chain mail is pretty bendy, but loud, more protection.
Plate mail is the least bendy, but offers the most protection.

None of the armors have to have the thick cotton under armor to keep you from chafing or getting bruised by your armor.

Since most games ignore the weight (and usually the size) of stuff you're walking around with, it's not surprising that they can ignore the weight of your armor.

No, it doesn't. A platemail is brilliantly made so you can move easy in it. 

It have joints at the right places while a chainmail cover the entire you. As I said, I own a chainmail but I also own some plate armor parts.

The chainmail weights 10-15% more but the movement restriction is more than that. I can only recommend you to ggo down and talk to someone at your local ARMA about it.

"Plate mail is the least bendy, but offers the most protection."

Not true. Plate is actually easier to move in than heavy leather or chain mail with far superior protection. It's also difficult to make godawful expensive and must be fit to the individual.
 

Well, my uninformed opinion is didn't D&D kind of set up this perception long before video games?  If so blame D&D not MMO's and CRPGs.

And, being that 99.9% of the world no longer knows what it feels like to wear chainmail and platemail, in one sense it doesnt matter.  In the fictional D&D/MMO/CRPG world maybe there is this armour called chainmail and this armour called platemail and the characteristics of it are exactly as they define them.  Who in the world, besides the OP, would know the difference.

I also am not sure how realistic the various weapons are either.  Can't say I've ever wielded a morning star, mace, or even sword for that matter...

As long as the rational makes sense to me I'm happy.  I like the idea that chain is lighter and good for slashing weapons but not bludgeoning. It seems intuitive even if not true...

Originally posted by Leoghan

There are a number of things here. First Deadliest Warrior is pseydo science at best. As for plate vs. chain. This really is a hard contest to determine. There is not one sigular type of maille nor is there a singular type of plate. The concept that one was more agile in maille comes fromt he fact that most warrior wearing maille worn limited maile, usually a shirt, in contrast to a fully plate clad warrior they would of course be much more agile because overall they have fewer restrictions. 

Add to this that there are differing levels of articulation associated with various kinds of plate armor. For instance jousting armor is notoriously restictive, because of its singular purpose. While Gothic armor tended to have greater articulation partly because it was created near the height of the plate armor epoch. Then take for instance the introdction of gunpowder and the movement towards nearly no armor aside for the use of cuirass and perhaps some armor on the upper legs. 

Personally scale maille (Lamellar specifically) would be my armor of choice if I had to pick an all purpose armor for any period prior to the 18th century, but it was not widely adopted in most of Europe. 

Yeah, I can agree the DW is not science, far from it. But I am actually an old SCA member. I own a armor myself (and several swords).

There is a reason that plate mail took over completely and chainmail became obsolete.

I am comparing full plate (full body plate, particularly the early 16th century landsknecht armor since it is similar to most MMO plates against the full body chainmail the Normans used in the 11th and 12 th century, again similar to what you see in MMOs.

Jousting armor is not a combat armor, it was made specifically for a sport.

Lamellar armor were actually very popular in the 14th century and is kinda in between chain and plate.

Originally posted by zymurgeist

"Plate mail is the least bendy, but offers the most protection."

Not true. Plate is actually easier to move in than heavy leather or chain mail with far superior protection. It's also difficult to make godawful expensive and must be fit to the individual.
 

It really depends on the plate. Articulation was not present in all forms of plate, it cost more and was a more advanced tech. So older or cheaper plate would not have the same kind of articulation. 

In most RPGs I play platemail is always a superior option to chainmail, and often times it does weigh less. Games that make it weigh more do so simply as a gameplay balancing mechanic (you don't want weak players starting off with the best armor), not to fit realism.

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by zymurgeist

"Plate mail is the least bendy, but offers the most protection."

Not true. Plate is actually easier to move in than heavy leather or chain mail with far superior protection. It's also difficult to make godawful expensive and must be fit to the individual.
 

It really depends on the plate. Articulation was not present in all forms of plate, it cost more and was a more advanced tech. So older or cheaper plate would not have the same kind of articulation. 

A plate like that were usually only a breatplate, not a full armor.

Originally posted by Loke666

Originally posted by Leoghan

There are a number of things here. First Deadliest Warrior is pseydo science at best. As for plate vs. chain. This really is a hard contest to determine. There is not one sigular type of maille nor is there a singular type of plate. The concept that one was more agile in maille comes fromt he fact that most warrior wearing maille worn limited maile, usually a shirt, in contrast to a fully plate clad warrior they would of course be much more agile because overall they have fewer restrictions. 

Add to this that there are differing levels of articulation associated with various kinds of plate armor. For instance jousting armor is notoriously restictive, because of its singular purpose. While Gothic armor tended to have greater articulation partly because it was created near the height of the plate armor epoch. Then take for instance the introdction of gunpowder and the movement towards nearly no armor aside for the use of cuirass and perhaps some armor on the upper legs. 

Personally scale maille (Lamellar specifically) would be my armor of choice if I had to pick an all purpose armor for any period prior to the 18th century, but it was not widely adopted in most of Europe. 

Yeah, I can agree the DW is not science, far from it. But I am actually an old SCA member. I own a armor myself (and several swords).

There is a reason that plate mail took over completely and chainmail became obsolete.

This is only true of the upper class. The poor still either had no armor, armor padding or very little armor. 

I am comparing full plate (full body plate, particularly the early 16th century landsknecht armor since it is similar to most MMO plates against the full body chainmail the Normans used in the 11th and 12 th century, again similar to what you see in MMOs.

Again, this is not very common though, it we are talking "average" even landed knight, neither would have been fielding full body armor until the later periods. 

Jousting armor is not a combat armor, it was made specifically for a sport.

As I said, it has one specific use.

Lamellar armor were actually very popular in the 14th century and is kinda in between chain and plate.

Lamellar, especially in metal was not seen widely in places like England, France or Italy. It tends to be more associated with central or eastern Europe when talking about European armor. 

Originally posted by Vryheid

In most RPGs I play platemail is always a superior option to chainmail, and often times it does weigh less. Games that make it weigh more do so simply as a gameplay balancing mechanic (you don't want weak players starting off with the best armor), not to fit realism.

That makes as much sense as if World of planes would balance a Spitfire so it would be as good as a F4 Phantom.

They are 2 different technologies and when plate came out chainmails went away. It would gameplay wise make sense if chainmail were low level armor and plate mail high level armor at least.

The real problem is that MMOs mixes technologies that are hundreds and in some case a thousand years apart. And there were a reason that most old tech went away.

Originally posted by Leoghan

Originally posted by Loke666

Yeah, I can agree the DW is not science, far from it. But I am actually an old SCA member. I own a armor myself (and several swords).

There is a reason that plate mail took over completely and chainmail became obsolete.

This is only true of the upper class. The poor still either had no armor, armor padding or very little armor. 

I am comparing full plate (full body plate, particularly the early 16th century landsknecht armor since it is similar to most MMO plates against the full body chainmail the Normans used in the 11th and 12 th century, again similar to what you see in MMOs.

Again, this is not very common though, it we are talking "average" even landed knight, neither would have been fielding full body armor until the later periods. 

Jousting armor is not a combat armor, it was made specifically for a sport.

As I said, it has one specific use.

Lamellar armor were actually very popular in the 14th century and is kinda in between chain and plate.

Lamellar, especially in metal was not seen widely in places like England, France or Italy. It tends to be more associated with central or eastern Europe when talking about European armor. 

A chainmail is more expensive to make so you only used one in later periods if you had an old one lying somewhere. That most people had no armor whatsoever matters little because it is not the point here, MMOs have plenty of leather and cloth using classes and they do make sense.

Having some chain and some plate classes just doesn't.

It was also popular in Germany and Scandinavia. Most of what we know about it is actually what they dugged up after the battle of Visby 1361, I been there and checked out the old stuff and new reproductions.