The way to fix class balance, if it needs to be fixed, is not with certain items of gear for certain classes! (Class balance is fine anyway, but the gear needs some tweaking.) Nascent class balance is extremely complex to achieve. Adding armour to the equation would make it what in computer science we call an intractable problem. It would also lead to too much difference between characters if gear became necessary for class balance. Gear balance has to be regarded separately to class balance. My post is about gear balance. My example is valid and needs to be addressed.