Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-933831-20160118200918/@comment-27356798-20160123074936

Thanks for replying, Shark. When I look at these battles, I generally consider armor to be an advantage, as in RWBY, physical weakpoints are still hit harder, even with Aura (See Scarlet's "Nut" debacle). Armor would naturally help this, and since none of our OCs have plot armor, I tend to judge matches with a bit of real world battle/history knowledge, coupled with the rules of RWBY. I tend to ignore tropes like the two you stated, simply because the writer can do whatever he/she/it wants with a character...But when two characters are in the ring, Authors and fans alike can dissolve into a pissing match over the result (See ANY FANBASE EVER).

The only real reason I can think of as to why characters don't wear much armor is because Grimm tend to be bigger and stronger than most humans, and so having less armor means you don't get hit as often. PVP matches, however, are a whole 'nother ballgame. Aura levels, relative agility etc, coupled with roughly equal sizes (kind of) make for the kind of fights that you see throughout real world history (With RWBY rules, of course).

As you can tell, I'm a major history nerd, especially when it comes to the middle ages. Speaking from somebody who's worn a set of full plate, yeah it's heavy, but less restrictive than you'd think.

It's still a really good fight. Much closer than the first round, and more interesting. There's more of a mix of skills and features to take into account.