07-07-2012, 06:46 AM
Your going to get some minor impediment to movement with almost any armor you wear. The segmentata (assuming it fits well) gives you a lot of protection without significantly slowing you down or impeding your movement. Chainmail will stop most arrows or a slashing cut, however it's not going to be as effective against a solid thrust with a sword or spear. The force of the blow isn't distributed over a wider area, like it would be with a segmentata or a even squamata (scale.) If I was going on a forced road march in full armor I'd prefer chain, if someone was going to be swinging a real sword or club at me I'd go with the segmentata, if it was a mix of both I'd go with squamata.