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metal crafted armor will make a small comeback due to the new changes in runic hammers, but currently leather armor is 1000x as popular as metal.
1) Leather runic armor has equal values to metal
2) Leather armor is mediable
3) Runic leather armor is 10x as cheap to make as metal
barbed kit costs 2.5 mil. verite/valorite hammer easily 10x as much, plus barbed kits much easier to get.
With the new runic changes, warrior mana regen armor will be much more easier to get, luck armor, etc. You can easily make a decent suit of 2 mana regen armor, or 135+ luck armor now even with dull copperish hammers. So basic luck suits/mana regen suits or even 70 resist armor will be pretty easy with runics now. With arms lore ive even started seeing 90+ resist armor pieces popping up quite common.
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yes but now it's impossible to create a a good armor in leather like before.
Your best runic tailor items = a copper runic hammer.
So in futur , the best armor will be valorite runic plate armor.