Higher STR requirements for armors has been a long time coming, but some of the requirements are pretty hilarious when viewed in the context of equivalent STR requirement on weaponry. For example. Leather Jacket, weighing in at 1.5kg, requires more STR (5, now) to use than the 2 kg "Spiked Club" (no requirement). I get that the weights for armours are probably balanced internally- only against other armors- but it's still pretty silly.