Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
The Gilded Magitek Mount states that an alloy is now standard issue. If we're to assume the one we get is plated in pure gold, that's not going to offer Reapers much physical defense, which would make it much easier to defeat them with physical weapons. What is standard issue isn't pure gold plate like the Gilded one, but alloyed plating - a combination of two or more metals, likely gold and whatever else standard plating is made out of to reach a compromise between magickal resistance and physical sturdiness. We don't see gold-plated Reapers all over the place because our Gilded one is likely a prototype or show model, not standard issue.

Gold is a very soft metal.
I don't think they are literally gold plated, I assume it was just a function of a higher quality plating similar to gaius's armour in which you can switch it on when required.