>>542296362
seems like a shitload of micro for little to no gain.
armor at most provides a negligible speed and global workspeed debuff.
this isn't really about minmax strat, it's a simple fact that trouble can happen very quickly and my people can't be spending precious minutes playing dress-up.

furthermore rimworlds vanilla loadout config tool is total ass, the good thing is colonists are pretty good about picking the best combination of stuff to reduce sharp damage as much as possible, which is all that really matters anyway. right click to force wear also works like a dream.