I didnt understand why it was so heavily used untill I checked kuyak armour values. They are insane, it is essentially a pretty crappy llamellar cuirass, but I checked all the armours by value: If you want GREAT armour, just make a model, it will get insane stats by devs, just as the rus llamellar does now..2 points off coat of plates...for crappy llameller. This is ragepost mainly, since I know armours real life protection vs game is random bullshit. Proof of this: Brigandine in the form worn ingame was developed to be an IMPROVEMENT over coat of plates, yet is has worse armour rating ingame. ROFL