Originally posted by Weaver:

The difference between troll and bronze is literally 6 pts of armor. 6 points does not make you any more tanky. That's at best negating 6 points of damage per hit.

Fair point. Like I said,

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

I agree with everyone else saying it's more efficient to just wear troll armor and skip bronze until you find something better.

But,

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

I like the bronze armor. It looks great, and it makes you feel really tanky

My point was that bronze is neat and if you're not in a rush you should just play the progression for fun. I feel like a Viking already instead of a rogue. I didn't bother with bronze at all the first time I played through to current endgame, but I'm having fun with it since I came back to the game. To your point, I guess trolls are just a lot easier to fight than I remember because of experience, but it def makes a difference against groups of greydwarves/skellies that are landing multiple, smaller hits.