I agree that fighters should not be pigeon-holed as heavily armoured tanks. They should be able to wear any sort of armour they please and do better in it than any other guild though. The light armour route is more in line with the thief guild - for which I will be posting the future plan soon - this might as well be pulled directly from the thief plan:
 Originally Posted By: Kim
Let other guilds rely on heavy armour, and fighters on their skills.
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