runnybabbit Posted Tuesday at 11:40 AM Report Posted Tuesday at 11:40 AM (edited) I feel brigandine armor is in a bit of a weird spot at the moment, too many drawbacks to wear around generally, and there are more protective options available for only slightly more work, especially when considering iron tier, where metal quantities isn't as much of an issue. There's probably a discussion that could be had around balancing but that's not the point of this post. Instead I want to propose a different way to bring more love to Brigandine: STYLE The suggestion is to make brigandine a Tailor exclusive (joining a long list of exclusively Tailor items that are a bit meh...) but also to make it that using colored cloth in colored brigandine, much the same as tailored gambeson. You would have to swamp out some of the leather in the recipe with cloth, but I personally feel that's an acceptable trade gameplay-wise as the materials are roughly comparable in value. It's historically accurate at least... What do people think? Should some of the metal plates be swapped out with cloth as well, making it an easier entry-level armor that can be quickly produced with a simple helve hammer setup and some leather? Or is it simple to make enough already? At any rate, since there seems no indication we would be getting sir-coats soon, I see this as an excellent way to allow for one to have their own style of livery. Speaking of which, here's some simplistic real-world examples of what I'm getting at, found online: Edited Wednesday at 12:24 PM by runnybabbit fixed up my weird-as late night sentences lol - also pictures
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