Been a while since I played last time..... one thing I noticed when I came back, when I wear a normal mid tier armour ~40 body and some mid gloves (+~5 body), I die from 2-3 hits, when I wear a 54 body armour and gloves (that don't affect my performance at all) +12..... I die from 10-30 hits. Literally. God 'aw war dangit.
And on NA it's even worse because I have ~150 ping and everyone glances on me more (weird buff isn't it?). Footwork neglects everything, even running speed isn't affecting it a lot. Not even talking about horses....
I think this is much more a problem for new players then "skill" or experience etc.
Glances are not problem when you want to have "I spam howewer I want game" ^^
PS: Just wanted to point out
PPS: I think it's mostly thoughts for M:BG then cRPG, but I still wanted to write it here.