I'd say it's difficult to block properly when trying to hold a shield, who needs that thing anyway?
Still, it looks ugly as hell. Those scratches look more like someone sat down, got out a chisel, and started hammering marks in it.
If you're using a chisel don't you chisel marks into it, not hammer?
I think they look cool, hoping that units equipment will change the more experienced it is, maybe until you upgrade it or something. So hyped for RTW2 right now
Well, it would be cool, if veteran regiments would have a battle raged outfit.. scratches on the armor and so on.
But on the other hand, it would be totally unrealistic, cause the scratches and damage to the armor was removed and repaired after each battle...
Well, if they have new armour after every battle, it'd be interesting on multiplayer. Assuming the system is the same as in S2, if you had a new, inexperienced cohort of Legionaries, you wouldn't know whether you were putting them up against other inexperienced guys, or elite, veteran soldiers. If this is the case, I see many a multiplayer game being won through fighting the experienced, with the inexperienced.