Like weapons, the armor you can equip in isn't limited by the class you choose. Instead, you must consider the strengths and weaknesses of your build when picking the armor you'd like to don. Heavy armor prioritizes high damage resistance but reduces your base stamina, making it best for high-damage Fighter builds. Medium armor, as you might guess, strikes a balance between defense and stamina, forcing you to manage your health and attacks in equal measure. Finally, Light armor offers the least amount of damage resistance while giving the best stamina and Essence efficiency, sacrificing tankiness in return.
No matter which type of armor you pick, there are a few that stand out above the rest. Unsurprisingly, the best armor comes in the late-game, so you'll have to make do with the armor you pick up along your journey until you can reach these. However, that's not to say the armor found in the early and mid-games are bad, it's just that the Unique ones you can find later in the game are almost universally better.
The Gambeson of the Grand Empire is a Unique Light with a 3% damage reduction boost alongside its main Enchantment, Greater Gunnery. Greater Gunnery increases your reload speed by 15%, allowing you to pump out damage even quicker than before. If you're running Light armor, you're likely also running a Blunderbuss over an Arquebus, so this bonus reload speed will quicken your pistol (or pistols) to pretty excellent speeds. For those who picked up some of the better early-game items, like the Caeroc's Pride pistol, this late-game armor will take those early-game weapons and allow them to excel even at late-game difficulty.
You can obtain Gambeson of the Grand Empire by completing the "" side quest in Dawnshore. Help Leoflaed and Glaedwine escape during this side quest, and then talk to them when you see them again at Thirdborn. They'll thank you for your help and give you the Gambeson of the Grand Empire.
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