Sure! If you get hit hard enough, you die. No one is claiming you can jump off a bloody cliff and survive if you are wearing cuendillar armor.
A bullet proof vest can prevent a bullet from killing you. The bullet hits the vest. It hurts a lot! but it doesnt kill you. because the force of the bullet is disapated over the surface of the vest.
Lets look at Perrin's hammer for instance. If his hammer hit your skin directly then all the energy of his swinging hammer is released in the small area his hammer is hitting you.
Now, put a ANYTHING between you and the swinging hammer. If the surface area of that THING is smaller (IE a nail) then it focuses the energy of the hammer onto the smaller surface.
If the surface area of that THING is larger (IE cuendillar armor) then it spreads the energy of the hammer onto the larger surface area therefore doing less damage.
This is a very simple illustation and there are other things that come into play such as different materials absorbing energy better than others. Cuendillar being one of the better materials for absorbing energy.
A bullet proof vest can prevent a bullet from killing you. The bullet hits the vest. It hurts a lot! but it doesnt kill you. because the force of the bullet is disapated over the surface of the vest.
Lets look at Perrin's hammer for instance. If his hammer hit your skin directly then all the energy of his swinging hammer is released in the small area his hammer is hitting you.
Now, put a ANYTHING between you and the swinging hammer. If the surface area of that THING is smaller (IE a nail) then it focuses the energy of the hammer onto the smaller surface.
If the surface area of that THING is larger (IE cuendillar armor) then it spreads the energy of the hammer onto the larger surface area therefore doing less damage.
This is a very simple illustation and there are other things that come into play such as different materials absorbing energy better than others. Cuendillar being one of the better materials for absorbing energy.
Cuendillar Armor
- 26/01/2011 06:26:03 PM
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We had a lengthy discussion of this on wotmania a few years ago...
- 26/01/2011 06:46:27 PM
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There are problems.
- 26/01/2011 07:14:29 PM
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Properties not understood...
- 26/01/2011 08:15:48 PM
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Yep. My point is a thin layer of heartstone armor would lead to warrior organ jello.
- 27/01/2011 09:01:34 AM
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Re: There are problems.
- 28/01/2011 06:31:19 PM
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The spike was a later addition; the primary method of damage was blunt force trauma. *NM*
- 28/01/2011 09:20:32 PM
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Who says it would transmit the shockwaves? As you note below it violates many laws of physics. *NM*
- 02/02/2011 06:51:18 PM
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well there seems to be more effective ways of going about making armor
- 28/01/2011 06:54:37 PM
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Reply in the wrong place.
- 02/02/2011 06:52:26 PM
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Awesome. So take your thoughts and apply them to the situation.
- 02/02/2011 08:10:05 PM
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*NM*