it's not the armor that's elite, it's meant for an Elite Knight

and those high rank fags just wear flashy bling as armor to show their rank, and it's not actually good protection -- they probably don't even intend to fight themselves and will just sit in the back

>>334556738
>not wearing armour purely for aesthetic

>>334556738

You see, when you're elite, you don't *need* good armour.

>>334558759
This

>>334557861
/thread

It was worn by the knights from Astora, where everyone got pretty much bodied by the undead curse. Not exactly high level motherfuckers

>>334557861
>>334558759
This is fucking nonsense, there's ceremonial armor, which is embellished and fancy, and then there's just better armor, which would typically have more and thicker plates, but would therefore be more costly and not given out to just anyone. We don't exactly know what makes the elite knights elite, whether it was status or station, so to claim that the armor is worse because it's ceremonial, when it doesn't fucking look it, is stupid.

>>334559947
It doesn't even have a chest plate. The torso area is just chain-mail with fancy cloth and trinkets over it. One of the fucking gauntlets is just plain leather.

>>334557861
Wasn't the design praised for it's practicality? I mean on here.

>>334560393
Yes, by idiots.

The regular knight armour has more plate.

>>334556738
This is a bummer because in previous games the EK set was always a slightly heavier but better in every regard to the Knight's set set.

>>334556738
Does it at least weigh less? I haven't gotten it yet.

>>334560393
> /v/ is renowned for it's prowess in combat.