whats the deal with weight?

[NoiseMan]

i have been trying my best to keep light but as i get more gear i am wondering what weight even does?

[nomansland1]

The more weight and heavier your armor gets, the more defense you get, but you also roll and dodge slower, so it's a trade off. You have to decide your playstyle.

[NoiseMan]

I’ll stick with the middle

[AtomHeartDragon]

AFAIK weight affects how far you can dodge and how much time do you need ot recover between actions (it's very short time either way, but it seems to make a lot of difference).

You can also customize loadout depending on what you're going to fight, no need to stick to a single one.

[friendly]

About halfway into the game and I'd say the difference between light and medium never matters beyond a couple of boss fights. Did have one I just could not beat without going back to light armor for the dodge/roll speed. Heavy armor could mess you up on fast bosses with big AOE attacks.

[Nathan.C.J]

After finishing my first play through weight unless its the double weight is pretty much not a factor. I killed every boss with the medium weight. I think if they added an attack speed bonus with the decreased weight it could make being a feather weight viable.