From my reading of it, armor skills got a boost. So wearing a lot of appropriate armor for your class would be a benefit after this change regardless of race or class.

On the flip side, to balance this, Valg dropped effectiveness for, like, everything else. Parry, dodge, shield block.

It was a "add needed action defecate" type of situation where he was annoyed mages were wearing heavy plate armor.

So *all* defenses had their effectiveness cut down on the assumption that people would wear the armor their class is "supposed" to wear and benefit from the increased utility in those particular skills.

Damn, Valg, I actually liked you as an Imp but was it really so necessary to be all 4D chess with us all? I don't remember this change even being announced.