Since I noticed that Larian removed for whatever reasons the Plate Cage from Chain Mail +1, I can't help but to question the weird Armor design politics Larian tend to have in their game.

My first example is relating to cool Knight Helmets with full visors.
There are some incredibly helmets ingame like Oathbreaker, Golden Winged Helmet or Flaming Fist full Visor. They are probably the most fashionable Helmets, yet there not only regular trash helmets with no effects or stats, but also only obtainable in very endgame, which I can not make any sense of.

If its there for fashion, please make it avaiable in early game. If its supposed to be a valuable piece of armor - make it useful in any way and give it some stats.

I get it that a lot of work went into Facial expressions and designing your character, but the same Issue was with D:OS II where all the cool Magister Knight Armors where NPC exclusive.

Chainmail +1 looked incredible with its Plate Cage and made you look like a badass Knight - yet for some reason they removed in some random patch without adressing it at all? Why? I dont remember a single person ever saying "The community will love it if you change the chainmail design".


I know I can't change it, but maybe you can help me in understanding the weird philosophy behind this