I've got a really fun build mapped out and I've messed around with it this current beta weekend. I went Medium armor though and I'm debating switching to Heavy armor.

If I use the dash from Two-handed I'll have a gap closer. If I have the teleport from Storm Calling on my bar I'll have an escape. I was thinking Medium armor for the movement speed and stamina regen bonus while using hit and run tactics. Lightning Form will be my primary means of adding damage mitigation. I just can't decide between heavy and medium armor. I gravitate towards Medium with a Light hood or something for aesthetics and functionality in the form of some added magika regen, movement speed increase, and stamina regen.

If I go heavy with a light hood, I lose all of that but gain more damage mitigation. Storm Calling has a passive that increases mana regen AND the ultimate ability in that tree can be morphed so that as you use it you regen magicka.

So I'm either going for a solid wall of armored death and lightning that you can't get away from because I'll essentially have longevity through bursting then rebuilding magika while utilizing 2 dashes, a stun, a ranged attack, and an execute or a hit and run mage/rogue hybrid. Plus, the magika regen ultimate.

After typing it all out I'm thinking Heavy. I hope we have another beta weekend before release so I can run the same content in heavy armor with the same build. Any thoughts?

Depends on how you wanna play your character. both have their own pros and cons.

Medium will help you with stamina.

Heavy will make you alot more durable.

Medium will give more stamina, dodge, crit, attack speed, heavy will help protect you better and provide more resists, knockdown resist, health regen, etc

So I'd go medium if you are focusing more on the DPS route of your battlemage or go more for Heavy if you want more durability.

Yeah the added crit and attack speed would be awesome... but so would more damage mitigation and health regen. lol I don't know. I guess I'll wait and see what medium Imperial armor looks like.

From what I have read if you go with one type of armour alone, like heavy, you will end up facing diminishing returns on the bonuses. The best option seems to be mixing it up a bit and using two types of armour.