I'm not the only one talking about EVA having issues, so it could be a batch issue or an age issue (don't know how it ages) but it is time to replace the padding anyway so I want to go to a more comfortable set up.
It's not that normal shots are putting me out, it's that the current set-up seems to fail a bit at the upper end of "unusual-but-expected" blows like 270' greatsword hits, pike shots to the brow, or 90' daneaxe shots to the top of my head.
Regular high end shots aren't painful but they are uncomfortable and it's high time I figure to have a helm that isn't really unpleasent to wear in high heat or after 2 hrs at a war.