For stronger armor (excluding Gaia Champion), add weight to them. There is a threshold of how much weight can be applied to a player before negative effects are applied, such as Slowness, Weakness, and more.
This will come in handy to balance out overpowered sets and create a small strategy system in how a player can utilise sets.

• Sets below the threshold are typically weaker
• Sets on the threshold are standard
• Sets beyond the threshold are stronger

Perhaps add a special enchanting system that can add weight to armor, but also adds new skills?

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Ultimately, I might not do this. I could bring this back in a different form, but for now, this isn't the main focus. Will close for the time being, or permanently if I decide to not do this, or recreate as something else, but similar.

This will not, however, prevent the Corrupt Warrior Armour from receiving a similar trait to this.