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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ZoA2" data-source="post: 3824415" data-attributes="member: 55858">I think problem here is more with lack of imagination that finds any deviation from medieval clichés as unforgivable offence. All of this “OMG this armor is unsymmetrical, how can that be!” is all the more meaningless as even article I posted says as follows: ”As was common for European armour in history, this suit is asymmetrical. The wearer of armour was most likely to be struck on his left side, as most opponents would be right handed. The left side shoulder is reinforced with a thick plate called a "gaurdbrace," while the right shoulder is notched to allow for the "couching" of a lance in the arm pit.”<a href="http://www.ageofarmour.com/milan.html" target="_blank">http://www.ageofarmour.com/milan.html</a>Greek hoplite armour was very different compared to Roman legionary armour, which looked very different compared to medieval European armors, which in turn looked quite different from medieval Middle East armor, which on other hand were very much unlike samurai armor. Yet same people can’t bend their minds that different fantasy cultures could produce armors that are quite unlike any of those in historical examples. I think it is simple lack of imagination that prevents them from accepting anything that is not narrowly based on some historical precedent, and then they try to impose their narrow definition of verisimilitude on entire game. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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