The other day I was reading something. Don’t remember where it was, reddit maybe? But anyway, it said that in ToS you should actually use the ‘wrong’ armor for your class. It said Swordsmen already have tons of Defense and HP, so instead of plate they should use cloth armor for the magic defense that they don’t have much of, Mages should use plate because they have no HP/Def, etc.
What do you think of that? Best idea or worst idea?
Worst idea. Just doesnt fit the theme…I dont think thats intended at all
Generally I’d say don’t do this, it’s completely ignoring the stats the items themselves give you, and focusing on the bonuses of mastery.
I.E. Cloth gloves give magic amplification instead of accuracy.
Or a cloth chest piece that gives INT.
Neither of which you’re going to want/use.
I can tell you that a lot of swordsman go leather instead of plate simply because they’re doing dex based builds. not getting hit and such, but they do get rekt in pvp because of magic, but the same can be said of mages.
PVE wise i’d say plate is pretty useless unless you’re a tank. Leather/Cloth is based off your build. Whether that’s INT like Raiden said, or Evasion like anyone going corsair/shinobi route.
It is intended, it gives you options. Choose the mastery that fits your build.
Yeah, but I dont think they actualyl want u to use plate armor for wiz type
What if you want to build a support mage that can safely go meelee for the his spells?
Get creative man