[imported_Duke]

everyone on xuo wanted leet armor and payed top dollar for it
smithy was one of the most profitable crafts

and people still wont wear good armor outside too much because there are still gank squads out there and good armor make you the #1 target

and besides it takes too damb long to get to the pits to suit up again lol

good pvpers will wear good armour because they are confident of their skills like maka said. However lets not jump to the stage of good armour, we are talking about making people at LEAST wear shadow or old copper instead of being naked.

The idea that I suggested makes solves the problem by creating a huge difference between being naked and wearing armour. A group of naked people would almost always lose against a group of players wearing armour because one side could just energy bolt numerous times which is faster and costs alot less mana. This forces the naked side to wear armour and tadaa pvp is exactly the same as it is now but everyone is wearing armour.

I cant see any downside to this except maybe for people who use to be able to win fights naked now wouldnt have such a great chance, but hey there should be a big advantage in a fight against naked vs armoured.