I never understood what so big deal about the armor sets...
well i'm a warrior and i tried to use the viper set and its relly bad compared to using individual unique items, like dragon curiass, helm of arben, rhode's legging, and lord lavos gloves (well the gloves i agree that not that good but all the others much better than the viper set together)...
about the other sets i dont know - never tried archer and mage...
It doesn't matter what armor you use, really. I just finished FoV wearing the Scorpion set and no helmet, just because it looked the best. Most of the good stuff comes from enchants, anyway. In my opinion, just wear what looks the coolest and enchant it to hell.
