This old box has a lot of wear, which is the proper way to be an old box.
It’s been jumped on thousands of times. We’ve taught people to squat to it. Step on it. Mobilize with it.
The best plan is the one you use. The best equipment is the kind your plan called for you to demolish, and you did.
Shiny armor didn’t belong to knights. It belonged to wealthy dreamers before being displayed at museums.
A real knight’s armor lays, battered, and scarred underneath the fields in Europe.
Test your metal/mettle.