I suggested this in teamspeak a little over a year ago, when I realized first hand, that you can do extremely well with a 0 ps, high athletics, high armor build, if you have a sufficient weapon(blunt/pierce). Since then, I have become much more hesitant with taking this route to address armor. The fear I have with this, is that it will only result in shifting the meta back towards strength builds, as equipment already has a larger affect on performance, than your build. I think armor really does need addressed, but I'd much rather do that in a different way.