Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-28661852-20160605185845/@comment-82.47.180.13-20160605212557

When Andre says forging armour is easier than weapons, he's talking about in the game. You can reinforce armour from +0 to +10 on your own as long as you have the materials, rather than having to get a blacksmith to ascend them at every +5 like with weapons.