monks cant use armour that reduces there movement- as thit would inhibit their combat moves- so monk armour has to be flexible and light, and flow with the forms of the combat techniques
beter idead would be for classes to wear wahat they like, but incur penalties to skills :)
ie wizard in plate would have -100 to casting skills etc
Yes its Heavy, Yes it's got no Stats or Resistances but I would still trade it anyday for my black Enameled BP. At 48th level Warr I don't have a Treeweave even yet. So this would have to do in my case. Of course if you've got better it's no big deal....
Barbed Ringmail Tunic..AC 30 +9 Str, +50 hp..chain and plate classes..4.0 wt. Same zone and droppable as well. Excellent Rogue and Ranger BP, basically Stonewood Mail but far more useful.
LOL im a level 50 warrior, using bloodpoint and frostbringer, have idol of thorned etc etc but i still use a treeweave cuz the armor never drops for thurg quest and there simply isnt anything for sale thats better. i have the str to blow on 24 weight no big deal and i would use it....
A 30ac chest with no stats, no resists and no effect that weighs 24.4 and is attainable at 50+? Unless this turns out to be a quest item, I bet they get sold to merchants.
You must be a newbie or very ignorant if you think 30ac with no stats is useless, this is a great upgrade to treeweave which some level 50+ people still use because they havnt gotten anything better. 30ac is decent for a BP and stats dont do much compared to ac, AC is king, resists are also useful.
*cough* mainly only non-plate class would be wearing one at that level. *cough* They can't wear this it being plate and all. This is a good item for twinking or selling to merchant (if not for a quest). Ac might be king for AC tanks, and by 50+ they should have a brestplate with about 30 or more ac with stats and resists. For the rest ac is great to have but not neccesary, i am not saying they walking around with no ac, they should have some, but they shouldn't wear something just for the ac, if i was a non-plate wearing class I would gladly chose 25 ac 10str over 30 ac and a lot of weight.
Well Actually, I know a lot of people playing plate classes that are still wearing treeweaves or similar into the mid 50's. having better than 30AC means you've either been lucky on a planes raid at some point, are in a guild that can Kill Trakanon or the Royalty in Chardok regularly. Oh yes and if you cant do that then you can forget about being able to do the Velious armour quests.