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Originally Posted by ArchmageXin
Now here is a new thought: How come very few heroes wear heavy armors? (Unless it is a High-Tech Gundam-esque environment)?
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Well, leather armor and such can be worn all of the time. Heavy armor tires you out quickly so it's not like you can go gallavanting around town in full Panoply, especially on foot.
I also blame the fact that most artist, indeed most people, have the misconception that people wearing armor move around like they're carrying bags of cement on their shoulders. So maybe they don't have their characters wear armor because they think a master swordsman would fight more effectively without armor and so they depict their opponents without armor.
Of course the reality is that a highly trained warrior can move almost as well in full armor as most people can move without it. Therefore, in a duel between trained warriors armor is a HUGE advantage. For example, if you read about the Battle of Stamford bridge, this conflict was mostly won because the Anglo-Saxons caught the vikings when they were raiding and wearing only light leather armor.
So to answer your question, armor is more deeply misunderstood than weapons. This is what happens when people who have never actually cut something with a sword right about knights and armor.