[Taran]

exceptional barbed leather was reduced 6 points.
exceptional barbed studded was reduced 3 if im not wrong.. but studded is not worth it! since you need tons of barbed leather to craft an exceptional full set due to the low chance on crafting them...

I just checked and barbed leather now gives 40 AR, before the change it gave 43 AR. Exceptional barbed gives 44 AR and before the change it gave 47 AR. So it has only been dropped 3 points like I wanted it to, not 6.
I'll look into increasing studded armor rating though and possibly making it easier to craft.