[Basic] Questions regarding Heavy Plate Armor

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Hello,

I'm currently rolling up a couple of quick test characters and equipping them in order to gather some experience before hopefully starting a real game.

I decided to have a battle between a very strong character Walter der Starke (ST:14 DX:10 IQ:10 HT:12) and a weaker but more skilled character Thomas der Flinke(ST: 10 DX:13 IQ:11 HT:11).

Walter was equipped with a two handed Greatsword and Heavy Plate armor as well as a greathelm. Effectively giving him DR 7 on all limbs, the head and the torso (hands were DR 5)

Thomas was equipped with a longsword and a medium shield (DB 2) as well as basic leather armor.

Walter had a good sword skill at 13 while Thomas had an excellent sword skill of 16 and high shield skill of 14.

Walter had trouble getting past Thomas' active defences but Thomas couldn't do any damage (poor choice of weapon perhaps against such a heavily armored foe.)

In the end Walter kept All out attacking(double) to try and beat down Thomas' defenses and when Thomas' blows connected his 1d+2 cut roll was quite puny. He coudn't target any chinks in the armor (due to his weapon lacking an impaling attack) and so opted to target the neck most of the time to try and squeeze in extra damage (due to his high skill he was sucessful quite often).

Now I realize Heavy armor is supposed to be effective but are there any options Thomas could have taken to maximize his damage? Or was repeatedly attacking Walter's limbs / neck the best course of action, hoping to wear down the giant over time?

It should be mentioned Walter had High Pain Threshold and was immune to shock penalties.