Quote Originally Posted by wereotter View Post
Kind of, actually. You have to consider that apart from artifact armor, you share your gear with monk, and wearing heavy armor isn't in-line with that job. It's the downside to shared gear is that you don't get as much unique identity in appearance on the gear you can equip. If they were to add in the armor requested, you're likely to either get it as level 1 items anyone can wear (which I'm not opposed to, I'm always in favor of more options) or as a future relic armor set.
It could always be SAM only, just like the relic armor and the starter gearset