Bug or just missed by bethesda ?

[Smokey]

Imperial chain cuirass have 12 armor rating, compared to bonemold cuirass at 16 armor rating. Then we have imperial chain greaves at 20 armor rating versus bonemold greaves at 15 armor rating. How and why is that ? How can the chain cuirass have lesser armor rating then the greaves ?! Doesnt make sence...

Furthermore. Why are imperial chain armor pauldron heavy armor, and not medium ? I can accept that bracers cant really be chain... but has to be plate, thus heavy. But it clearly states "chain pauldron" and should be medium, as is orcish pauldrons.

Is it really intended this way ? Or did they just miss to review it properly ? At least fix the armor rating issue. It really must be wrong... i mean, come on... even imperial STEEL greaves which are heavy, have lower rating (at 16).

...but in game, i didnt feel like i got 30 armor rating extra when wearing the chain greaves. But instead got a lower more accurate value.

What do you say guys ?

[Giga Gilgamesh]

I think the ratings are just a bit wonky is all.

[King Nerevar]

Originally posted by Jeb Kerman:

I think the ratings are just a bit wonky is all.

I agree. I was confused at all. But the weight is linked with the weight of the things. So a paldron could be heavy armor, and a cuirass middle

[Smokey]

Do you think it is intended ? I mean, coded on purpose ? Or is it that the community havent complained enough ? Even though, back then, there were no steam... only cs.

Anyways, this could easily be fixed, couldnt it ? But i understand it is very hard to add changes once you have community unofficial patch overhaul 3.0.

I think someone just added those numbers on bethesda during the summer vacation, and that person didnt have a clue about armors at all. So the numbers got more or less randomized. Surely the armor and weight are bit confusing, to say the least. (all in all, medium armor at start is more or less stranded with bonearmor... if not considering having two armor type ability)

Why i bother so much ? Immersion... offcourse. My in game long gone grand dad, left me with this old chain mail when i was a kid. But bethesda made me unable to handle the pauldrons. And greaves where so thick and light, that not even the greatest daedra spear could get through, and it was as light as a dry leaf on the ground.