I think that the armor system is great. However, I do feel that it does need a little more balancing. Either the amounts of armor need to be scaled down (I'm playing in Classic, I can't even imagine Tactician) or new skills need to be developed to more quickly remove the armor.
I think the armor concept is good, but I do feel like the gap between the start of combat and being able to use the crowd control skills is too much right now. Also, each class should have options for removing each armor type. A wizard should be able to more quickly remove magical armor, but should also have some more options for removing physical armor. It stinks to have a turn with a character and not really have anything for them to do.
