[quote=DiamondBlizzard]
There are two types of unarmed combat RPers
-The ones that observe or google stuff up.
-The ones that do this stuff in real life.
[/quote]

You completely neglected people like myself-- common sense users. Sometimes simply doing what makes sense im combat surpasses any research or real life skill. I fence. I fence rather actively. I rarely fence in roleplays. Etcetera xD

But hm. There will always be a downfall to heavy armor- restricted mobility, the heat (god awful layers they have to wear to avoid rubbing their skin off with that armor, eh?) the easier target... To be quite frank, plate mail would be useless against a rifle shot (internal bleeding and such)- but let's leave this to fantasy, eh? Let us not be too realistic in this wonderful [b]fantasy[/b] setting Ser Hamster has provided us. I do so love fantasy.

//that early morning cellphone keyboard post xD