Anything negative for wearing different armor type?

[sarym13]

I remember way back when we'd lose 5% of our primary stat if we had 1 piece of gear that was not for our class. Is this, or something similar still the case?

If I'm a Shaman but got access to a leather belt with a 45 Ilvl upgrade with my main stats, will there be anything negative for me wearing it?

[Tradu]

The 5% primary stat thing still exists, it's part of the "armor skills" passive now.

[Deleted]

Yep. You lose 5% of your primary stat if you don't wear all your 'best' armor type (so Mail).

[Deathpath]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

[Sharein]

With personal loot this has become an outdated mechanic.

[Deleted]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Because then they would have a flexibility advantage.

Why shouldnt my druid be able to wear plate then? Ohh Yeah because it would make me halfway immortal with no disadvantages.

Also it would mean that suddently many gear pieces can be contested each time loot drops, and make it a pain in the ass for master looters. Thats also why tokens exist. It promotes variety.

[Sanguinerd]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Because I don't want warriors stealing my shit when I can't take theirs in return.

[Eazy]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Imo that's unfair for cloth/leathers.

[Feali]

Good old Armor Penetration days with Warriors wearing full Leather in ICC.

[Heladys]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Then you're back in the days of Vanilla when warriors were rolling to take leather away from rogues who couldn't hoover up Plate gear to cover the gear they just lost.

[Queen of Hamsters]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Yeah no. There's no need to remove and remove and remove just so that some ADD-type people can stop giving a fuck about what they equip as long as it's got purple text.

[Tiwack]

Imo I think they should do away with the armor skill passive. So what if a warrior wears leather or mail along with plate?

Why stop at warrior? Let everyone wear everything!

[Lochton]

No thanks, for the view of a raider, don't make it available for everyone to do every type.

[Temp name]

If you did away with it, you'd have to let everyone wear everything, or you'd have paladins stealing mail, leather and cloth gear, and shamans stealing leather and cloth, while priests for instance only have cloth to choose from.

[Deathpath]

Simple solution, make all armor viable. Maybe they can rework the system for all classes, like if you wear all plate you lose attack speed but you become more tanky and if you wear cloth you become a glass cannon. I can see how this can bring new life into the game and more customization.