Missing my point ... Cuendillar armor is impractical not useless
darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 15/02/2012 07:00:48 PM
Only a handful benefit from them and more power to them if they choose to use armor, but given the lack of more than a slightly better set of armor the energy IMO would be better spent elsewhere.
Realistically cuendillar armor won't give much advantage over regular steel unless weapons are also being made of cuendillar (also a better use of resource IMO). Cuendillar armor won't keep you alive from an OP attack, won't help you against a canon shot and won't prevent a better warrior from chopping your head off. It's not like it's some "magic" armor ... It's just made from a superior material, advantage yes, but is it going to make a world of difference on a mass scale ... Very doubtful. Armor is armor.
If they are going to mass produce things from cuendillar there are more effective ways to put the resource to use. With canons in place city walls are far more vulnerable than in the past. With cuendillar walls canons are useless in a siege ... Not that Traveling doesn't make walls irrelevant, but then using cuendillar for any of these purposes seems silly since it's also impossible to adapt something once it's made.
Realistically cuendillar armor won't give much advantage over regular steel unless weapons are also being made of cuendillar (also a better use of resource IMO). Cuendillar armor won't keep you alive from an OP attack, won't help you against a canon shot and won't prevent a better warrior from chopping your head off. It's not like it's some "magic" armor ... It's just made from a superior material, advantage yes, but is it going to make a world of difference on a mass scale ... Very doubtful. Armor is armor.
If they are going to mass produce things from cuendillar there are more effective ways to put the resource to use. With canons in place city walls are far more vulnerable than in the past. With cuendillar walls canons are useless in a siege ... Not that Traveling doesn't make walls irrelevant, but then using cuendillar for any of these purposes seems silly since it's also impossible to adapt something once it's made.
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Functional Cuendillar Armor: Possible or impossible?
10/02/2012 04:45:34 PM
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You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
10/02/2012 06:29:28 PM
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I suppose I am on a...
10/02/2012 11:00:47 PM
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Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
10/02/2012 11:04:33 PM
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Re: You posted this exact same question one year ago, with a lot of discussion
11/02/2012 01:37:27 PM
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My thought was always about weapons.
11/02/2012 06:31:45 AM
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Certainly possible, but given the effort most women have to put toward changing even a small item
12/02/2012 05:10:35 AM
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Ummm, Warders...
14/02/2012 01:39:23 PM
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How would Cuendillar armour help against channelers?
14/02/2012 07:58:58 PM
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It can not be directly effected by the OP
14/02/2012 09:08:57 PM
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some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such.
14/02/2012 09:52:41 PM
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Re: some simple ideas for defeating warders armoured such.
14/02/2012 10:54:26 PM
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which way is it?
15/02/2012 04:14:41 AM
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Actually I'd call the Seanchan tactically inferior to the White Tower in using the power
15/02/2012 01:48:55 PM
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That's really not my point.
15/02/2012 03:21:15 PM
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I never said that they could not be stopped
15/02/2012 01:58:41 PM
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I really think you're over-estimating how difficult it would be.
15/02/2012 03:22:44 PM
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Not nesecarrily
15/02/2012 04:01:45 PM
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You just said that most of their tactics are indirect.
15/02/2012 05:44:22 PM
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..and you are creating new tactics
15/02/2012 06:32:02 PM
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*shrug* I don't see it as some world-shaking action
15/02/2012 08:47:40 PM
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But it is brand new, and if you're digging holes earth-shaking seems discriptive
15/02/2012 09:14:12 PM
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Not accurate
15/02/2012 03:54:00 PM
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You are thinking too far inside the box
15/02/2012 04:23:28 PM
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I disagree
15/02/2012 04:43:33 PM
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If armor is of no benefit...
15/02/2012 06:19:30 PM
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Missing my point ... Cuendillar armor is impractical not useless
15/02/2012 07:00:48 PM
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nope
15/02/2012 07:21:03 PM
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*Shrug*
15/02/2012 08:28:48 PM
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Re: *Shrug*
15/02/2012 09:07:24 PM
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No way they could pull off what you are talking about with current tech
16/02/2012 01:55:19 AM
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Re: No way they could pull off what you are talking about with current tech
16/02/2012 03:23:34 PM
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Re: It can not be directly effected by the OP
15/02/2012 02:37:40 AM
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Maybe, maybe not
15/02/2012 02:12:59 PM
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Re: Maybe, maybe not
15/02/2012 06:11:42 PM
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I'll happily amend my initial statement to "maybe even challeling ones"
15/02/2012 07:03:48 PM
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what a lot of people are forgetting with their suggestions of plate armor...
13/02/2012 02:36:50 PM
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Your understanding of how plate armor functions is in error
14/02/2012 01:45:37 PM
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I believe AND I was hoping you would go into the physics of it :p
14/02/2012 11:01:18 PM
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