The Tavern

Noticed this
http://git.develz.org/?p=crawl.git;a=co ... eb269003b6

I have always played Artificiers as heavy Armor item-using conjurers kind of characters (best shield, heaviest armor - without any real drawbacks), so this new equipment choice seems very strange to me.

Or is because of Elemental staves? They are more fitting for Elementalists...

See the discussion on the Mantis issue: https://crawl.develz.org/mantis/view.php?id=3791