[Flyndaran]

Of course, I know that minor differences in efficacy won't be noticed by everyone today let alone in the past. But this article's segmented plate is simply FAR too horrible compared to every other type for any reasonable person to miss. It was used too much by the Romans, and for later coats of plate and advanced brigandine for that to correlate to reality.
The article is not reality. I want to know how to adjust it to fit reality.
I'm grateful to everyone's input, but just reiterating that I'm wrong isn't really answering my questions.