I would personally like to see all AR material bonuses removed entirely. Higher grade metals/leather should really just give durability bonuses. With runic sewing kits on the way, the bonus AR should all come from runic kits/hammers. I think it should be the whole point of crafting armor with runic kits/hammers. #DexxorLove
I would never propose that UOR go the artifacts route with full blown item based pvp. However, I think runic armor, and even runic bows and wooden weapons, wouldn't necessarily cross that line either. This is because they're crafted by other players who can't flood the market with the high(er) end items. The BOD system simply won't allow such a thing. Also, bowcraft and carpenter bod systems could be done, we would just need more wood types like willow and maple.
I think it would be cool to leave it as is... But add dyes for all material types as BOD rewards. Metal paint Leather dye Etc... Then I could deck myself out in all black invuln armor. That would be sweet.
let's go one step further i think leather armor in general is ugly i would like to see hats have as much AR as valorite helmets so I can wear hats and invuln full aprons i'm sure that it will be easy for telamon to include these changes in that big patch that is coming any day now thx for reading