I took Ranger Knight as a dexterity based ranger and found that it aloud me to wear the simple helmet (protects from criticals). Being able to wear a heavy helmets alone is worth a lot especially since there will be better ones down the line. I also imagine they might introduce gauntlets, shields or boots that would have this requirement as well. Apart from that I have seen no strength restrictions on the heavy armor I have found in EA.
In DND there is no such thing as "Heavy Helmet". Helmets don't have armor proficiency requirements. Can you confirm that you're only able to wear the helmet because of proficiency?
Yes. This :
https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Helmet and this :
https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Heavy+Armor , but none of the heavy armor was better then the good medium yet. There was also a pair of gauntlets that required medium armor proficiency.
So I just tested this and you can wear the helmet even if you lack proficiency with seemingly no downside. In the PHB it says if you lack armor proficiency you can't cast spells, attack with STR or DEX rolls and have disadvantage on ability checks.
That means either the helmet doesn't actually have a proficiency requirement and the description is bugged, or proficiency penalties aren't implemented yet.
Here is a screenshot of Gale with the helmet, with his spell list available:
https://imgur.com/RxVQUI1
