Total fantasy games that have magical armor protection and people still yip on about realistic looking armor.
Spell casting, enchanted weapons, turning into DRAGON, is that realistic ?
Fantasy means make believe, an escape from reality.
I have reality in a abundance in everyday life, why woulld I want it in my games.
While true (And is the reason I don't play War Games; If I want to play War, I'll join the Army), meanwhile why do even the Warrior class female characters have to look like whores/prostitutes? There is a thing I like to call "Beauty without skin." Some of my favorite armor sets in games are armor sets that DO NOT have the "whoreish" look.
Besides, you're not making your own armor. You're basically stealing the armor off of others, and others aren't nearly as magical as you are, so why would they be wearing the "Whoremor"? I mean, imagine if EVERY guard in the game had that type of armor, as they do in other games. They are just generic people. Generic people do not have the magical armor you do, or the magical abilities you do, and that type of armor would give them nothing, so why would they wear it?
When someone makes armor, they usually don't make it intending to get it enchanted with special abilities, so they wouldn't make armor that gives half protection.
I, for one, am happy that the artists made legitimate armor, regardless of the fact that this is a magical fantasy world.