User blog comment:AgentG231/What specifically is the bug in the Animus 1.28 that made Altair can't swim?/@comment-3251634-20130426230122/@comment-5019018-20130427113029

As far as I'm aware, the inability to remove armour (without "cheating") is not a failing of the Animus itself; I think it's just the way the games were made.

On another note: what the heck are you talking about, Hakametal?