Plate armors in 3.15

[Renojustin]

Endoperez said:
Ulm's Black Plate got lower defense penalty, lower encumberance and perhaps an extra few points of protection. I think it's similar for other plate armors.

That was very exact of you. NOT!

[Endoperez]

The changes were minor. I didn't bother testing them, but the fact that the changes are minor is more important than the exact details IMO.

[Renojustin]

Both a boost to protection and a lessening of encumbrance, I don't know, it sounds like it could be pretty significant.

But I agree that the addition of Black Halberds and national spells and at least one unit was probably more important than the armor changes for MA Ulm's longevity in MP, although the poor ghouls did get a bit shafted with loss of sacred status. You can't really build up enough to make a difference, even in sieges, without twice the upkeep costs, and they lose all their reinvigoration and protection from an E9 bless. Thought they were trying to make Ulm 'sexier'.

[Sombre]

Did bless even work on undead in basegame?

[Endoperez]

Unholy bless is listed as fixed for 3.10, but it might've been that that didn't actually work and it only really started working one patch later.

[ryo_akashi]

In general, plate armor was -5 def +5 enc before patch.
After patch, plate armor is -3 def +5 enc.

Ulm plate was -5 def +5 enc before patch.
After patch, ulm plate is -3 def +4 enc.

Protection did not change between the patch.