Yea let’s make low end gear better than high end gear. Makes sense
Its much more interesting when there are options. Having the outright "best" for every build that doesn't use magic in an rpg mmo is bad game design.
Lighter armors aren't even an option right now. The literal only reason is mana regen.
99% of other games either have variety with things like light armor having better magic defense or classes that wear light armor have active defense abilities etc. Obviously that isn't very MO-like....but the point is...you have one option as a warrior right now. I mean shit even New World had a better grasp of this...and that's saying something.
Its boring.
If there was literally any speed buff to lighter armor that's all people would use or even could use because speed is king.
I used to be on this boat too, but after being in a ton of fights recently, I'd disagree. Speed is king in very small scale. The bigger the fight gets the less value the veela speed has.
I think you'd be surprised how many people would still opt for having much higher defense. Having said that, I think there could be a more interesting way to do it than giving lighter armor speed.
There is a reason Oghmir is meta. And they are the slowest.