Hey, yeah don't worry about replying right away. I had a crazy weekend, so stuff just gets busy sometimes. Also, this is still technically a marketplace thread so I may bump it from time to time.
A swashbuckling build is interesting! Usually the only time I am "swashbuckling" is when my shield breaks.
Still, if I was to play a build like that, I would probably take armor that is protective, but not too heavy as to slow you down too much -- since you're using a 1h and need to get a little closer. Maybe something in the heraldic mail range. Although if you are good at blocking you could go a light as an Aketon or something if you wanted a more mobile character. I feel like if you went with
really heavy armor with 4 athletics and a 1h weapon...you might not have a good time. Feel free to experiment though!
At the same time, I would take heavier gloves because they won't weight you down terribly. Also a decent helm, maybe something 40-50 armor. For boots, I've heard people say how important they are but I really don't prioritize leg armor. Legs take less damage and get hit less. I try to have 80% of my body total armor on my legs. For example if I have 38 body armor including my gloves, I'll try to have about 30 leg armor. I wouldn't be upset if I had only 25 though.
That is just my overall armor philosophy though...good body armor that's not too encumbering, strong gloves and helm, and ok leg armor.
Hey, do you have much experience with cav? If you can see the topic of this thread change you'll see I just got a +3 Destrier. I'd like to give it a spin (my current character has 5 riding soon to be 6) but I have one problem...I don't have a lot of money! I've only got about 32k in the bank. Do you have any tips on not going poor? hahaha. Maybe I can bring out the horse only when I have a mutli...
