every time i start a new character it is the last armor slot that i fill. at first i thought it was just the RNG being weird, but its now happened often enough that i think there might be a legitimate bug there.

Nah it's normal. It's like that because helmets are special and awesome. Didn't you feel great when you found that first helmet?

lol i don't remember my first helmet

actually i think the first helmet i ever looted may have been that level 34 helmet that used to drop starting at level 1.

See? Now I'm just making up for that heinous error. Now you get them late to compensate for the early helmet glory days.

lol i just got my first helmet on this run through, and guess what it is?

a level 34 requirement Crown of King Argentus. i'm level 20. hahaha.