User blog comment:Swg66/Ancient User Warrior Tournament: Round 6 Lt.Chard vs Lachlan Blake/@comment-2222810-20110627100152/@comment-2222810-20110627102219

I know it's not as heavy as poeple used to think, but it's still heavier than my armor set, and fifty pounds is generally considered the lower end and I don't think it takes into account the mail. Additioanl the segmented nature of my armor gives it more flexabilty, where as the ridged nature of European plate armor make movemnts harder. You can do pretty much everything you noramlly could, but it's at a slower rate. After looking at several pictures of the hemlet described the falling buffe does make it harder to see, and it gives you blind spots, it may not be totally blind you but it will make it harder to see.