Is heirlooming armour really worth it?

[Elindor]

I kinda agree with both Teeth and Phew here.

In cRPG even retiring is not as "GRIND-ish" as most things in other games...BUT retiring DOES suck in my book and that's why I no longer do it. 

** I wouldn't mind if they reworked the retiring process **

...It could still TAKE THE SAME AMOUNT OF EXP (and therefore time), but what if you were lvl 30 the entire time (or at least start from 25 or something)?  You'd still have to regain the 8.5 million exp or whatever it takes, you just wouldn't have to start at lvl 1 again.  That way there's still the time sink and something to work towards, but without the aspect of becoming weak as shit for a while each time.

[Jarold]

Looms/retiring just add lifetime and re-playability to the mod, every good game has something like it. Like prestige mode in Call of Duty. That is one of the reasons I play, to get better equipment via looms.

So loom what you want it's always good to get better stats.

[Seleucus]

So what gloves should I heirloom?

[Jarold]

I would say hourglass, they look sexy with almost all armor. Not too heavy and not light either. That is if you're melee.

[owens]

Any glove is good to heirloom.

Stick to one you like and that is compatible with the armours you like.

[StormFaction]

Hourglass or mail gauntlets.

I can't stand mittens

[Berserkadin]

Loom heavy gauntles if you want to look like a min-maxing scrub.

[Ronin]

Loom expensive gauntlets if you want to lose gold.

[owens]

^Im pretty sure that optimum power to weight comes from medium armor + medium gloves. Light armour and heavy gloves has a higher effective weight assuming the same final armour value.