So, with the new UA out and the martials being revealed, I’d like to know why they didn’t bring armor out with this release as it’s a crucial part of the martial classes. Is it just staying the same or will it be different all together? I guess we can lump shields in here too since it doesn’t look like they will be getting classified as weapons.
I want to hear some thoughts…

The stated default assumption of the play test is that everything stays the same, unless a new version is presented in the UA documents. Thus, we have to assume that armour stays the same (apart from armour proficiency becoming Armour Training). 

I’m thinking armor would stay. They’re not touching bounded accuracy, so there not a lot to do with armors.