I believe that we've all seen the effects of certain hybrids since the last update- namely str birds and pallies and ive come up with the perfect solution to encourage pures and still keep hybrids and very viable builds. The solution is that different types of gear have a certain percentage of there armour when used on a hybrid.

Str gear would have 100% of its armour on a bear, but only 75% on a bird or mage.

Dex gear would have 100% of its armour on a bear or avian, but only 75% on a mage.

Int gear would have 100% of its armour on every class.

If you think about it, by doing this, it would only nerf the hybrids that are over powered atm, while leaving pures and the weaker hybrids untouched. The idea makes sense as well, because it doesn't make sense for a tiny elf to be able to use heavy armour without a small penalty. Please sts, give it a test because i personaly cant see how it would fail. Cheers.