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Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion HyogaRott Send a noteboard - 11/02/2012 01:37:27 PM
But I'll recap the general jist of what was said:

-Cuendillar is presumably completely inflexible, therefore we'd need to make it similar to chain-mail, i.e. links, to make small pieces that are flexible with respect to each other.

-This appears difficult, because the individual cuendillar pieces could not be touching when merged together (although I'm sure they could simply interleave flows of Air and it wouldn't be all that hard).

-The armor might not provide that much protection to hard hits, but it would definitely help protect against punctures.


No, you are wrong. Both scale and fully plate armor would be not only be completely viable but much easier to make than chain. They would also provider protection from not only slashing (like chain mail) but piercing and bludgeoning (as much as any feudal armor can and better than any in history) weapons.

The argument (and that is giving it too much credit) that cuendillar's unbreakable nature would lend to increased damage by blunt force trauma is ridiculous and ignore the very basic tenants of physics.
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Functional Cuendillar Armor: Possible or impossible? - 10/02/2012 04:45:34 PM 1424 Views
You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion - 10/02/2012 06:29:28 PM 879 Views
You busted him! I wonder why he would post it again... *NM* - 10/02/2012 07:25:47 PM 469 Views
I suppose I am on a... - 10/02/2012 11:00:47 PM 785 Views
No, you go back and re-read what everyone said. - 11/02/2012 11:02:47 PM 882 Views
We're actually losing them by the troves. My apologies. *NM* - 12/02/2012 02:52:01 AM 428 Views
I rest my case. - 10/05/2012 04:34:02 PM 780 Views
Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion - 11/02/2012 01:37:27 PM 972 Views
Agreed. - 11/02/2012 06:24:36 PM 772 Views
why not some plate armor. duh. *NM* - 12/02/2012 09:54:43 PM 471 Views
See? - 10/05/2012 04:35:25 PM 756 Views
Possible, but hard. - 11/02/2012 01:56:03 AM 879 Views
scale or plate armor would be quite easy *NM* - 11/02/2012 01:38:47 PM 399 Views
My thought was always about weapons. - 11/02/2012 06:31:45 AM 944 Views
Re: My thought was always about weapons. - 12/02/2012 10:51:43 AM 817 Views
Re: My thought was always about weapons. - 14/02/2012 01:53:59 PM 780 Views
Should be perfectly feasible - 11/02/2012 12:28:47 PM 779 Views
Exactly - 11/02/2012 01:53:24 PM 823 Views
Certainly possible, but given the effort most women have to put toward changing even a small item - 12/02/2012 05:10:35 AM 869 Views
Ummm, Warders... - 14/02/2012 01:39:23 PM 711 Views
How would Cuendillar armour help against channelers? - 14/02/2012 07:58:58 PM 781 Views
It can not be directly effected by the OP - 14/02/2012 09:08:57 PM 679 Views
some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such. - 14/02/2012 09:52:41 PM 817 Views
Re: some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such. - 14/02/2012 10:54:26 PM 662 Views
which way is it? - 15/02/2012 04:14:41 AM 676 Views
Actually I'd call the Seanchan tactically inferior to the White Tower in using the power - 15/02/2012 01:48:55 PM 793 Views
That's really not my point. - 15/02/2012 03:21:15 PM 669 Views
My point is - 15/02/2012 03:52:43 PM 662 Views
Agree on all points *NM* - 15/02/2012 07:06:09 PM 545 Views
I never said that they could not be stopped - 15/02/2012 01:58:41 PM 774 Views
I really think you're over-estimating how difficult it would be. - 15/02/2012 03:22:44 PM 716 Views
Not nesecarrily - 15/02/2012 04:01:45 PM 722 Views
You just said that most of their tactics are indirect. - 15/02/2012 05:44:22 PM 827 Views
..and you are creating new tactics - 15/02/2012 06:32:02 PM 664 Views
*shrug* I don't see it as some world-shaking action - 15/02/2012 08:47:40 PM 683 Views
Not accurate - 15/02/2012 03:54:00 PM 783 Views
You are thinking too far inside the box - 15/02/2012 04:23:28 PM 756 Views
I disagree - 15/02/2012 04:43:33 PM 721 Views
If armor is of no benefit... - 15/02/2012 06:19:30 PM 630 Views
Missing my point ... Cuendillar armor is impractical not useless - 15/02/2012 07:00:48 PM 761 Views
nope - 15/02/2012 07:21:03 PM 652 Views
*Shrug* - 15/02/2012 08:28:48 PM 781 Views
Re: *Shrug* - 15/02/2012 09:07:24 PM 940 Views
Re: It can not be directly effected by the OP - 15/02/2012 02:37:40 AM 669 Views
Maybe, maybe not - 15/02/2012 02:12:59 PM 646 Views
Re: Maybe, maybe not - 15/02/2012 06:11:42 PM 791 Views
I'll happily amend my initial statement to "maybe even challeling ones" - 15/02/2012 07:03:48 PM 680 Views
Fair enough. - 16/02/2012 02:08:19 AM 676 Views
what a lot of people are forgetting with their suggestions of plate armor... - 13/02/2012 02:36:50 PM 847 Views
Your understanding of how plate armor functions is in error - 14/02/2012 01:45:37 PM 670 Views
I believe AND I was hoping you would go into the physics of it :p - 14/02/2012 11:01:18 PM 652 Views
here ya go, I still skipped almost all of the math though. - 15/02/2012 03:00:09 PM 720 Views
Two things: *NM* - 16/02/2012 04:03:52 PM 434 Views

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