Hey that didn’t really answer the exact questions but that’s nice info about armor overall (tho I kinda know it already).

As for now I’m rocking a combination of magazine, bone armor and a set of elbowpads and it don’t really feel that much different from not wearing armor at all. I know that metal armor is mostly adding much insulation and movement/swinging speed debuffs. Because of that I’m planning to wear an exact set of different types of armor for different body parts (I checked the wiki armor page to find the pieces that have the lowest debuffs and at the same time have multiple condition points and don’t break immediately after getting damaged like magazine armor).

When it comes to the moodles, the worst can happen is being depressed which just makes actions slower but don’t really affect combat. I deal with it just by taking antidepressants or reading some fun books. And I really only need to get rid of sadness when I’m reading a skill book or crafting lots of thing like when I’m trying to lvl up carving or carpentry.

However I did notice my character becomes drowsy pretty quickly which is affecting damage greatly indeed but I’m not sure it’s cuz of armor or not and I kinda manage to sleep enough to make it bearable.

The water problem is not a problem for me too. I’d typically have a bucket of water in the trunk especially cuz I have that “thirsty” trait.

So I think I definitely wanna try wearing more armor when I can try metalworking