Quote Originally Posted by hallard View Post
It's based on a pre-existing series where priests (casters) are completely worthless for killing more than standard-level monsters, and you expect all casters to get special armor like the melee knights? The series even makes a point to show that they don't teach knights magic and priests aren't expected to be any good in a real fight.
I'm quoting this here because it's true. While I don't necessarily agree with the design decision, the armor was specifically designed with the series standards in minds and it has a distinct barrier between the magic users and the melee classes along with some gender segregation. Hell, according to series canon, females aren't even supposed to be able to wear the wolf style armor, but SE didn't go THAT far in this case. Again, not saying I agree with this choice, but that's the context of it.