Kanngarnix wrote:
Mazra wrote:
You have to see the armor as layers upon layers, not as a single entity. Note the chains
In this case, the plate would still be worn as the outer layer, with padded cloth underneath. Never would it be a robe, though, because it makes it very much impossible to ride a horse. So much for "realism".
The design team... Sometimes I wonder if they're receiving part of their salary in hallucinogens. "Wild Mushrooms" anyone?
The reason you wear the "robe" (it's not a robe, stop calling it that) on the outside is so people can see it. In the old days, armor didn't come in all the colors of the rainbow. You can't mine purple and magenta iron ore, just the regular ol' gray stuff. The cloth was there to make it pretty and to hold any symbols you might want to show off, like a cross or a crest of some kind.
Like I said before, it's not a robe, it's layers upon layers. It looks like a robe because the game engine is eight years old or more and Blizzard's way of preventing the average player's computer from blowing up in their face was to use a robe model for the design.
Obviously a Paladin would not be wearing a robe as, like you said, it would impair his ability to ride his trusty steed into battle.
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