Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.157.223.172-20131009010947/@comment-219.87.176.11-20131125044150

I use light, much easier to come across dragon armor pieces than Daedric and near end game. In my own experience, I found material to make SEVERAL sets of both Dragonscale and Dragonbone armors before I even had enough to make 1 set of Daedric armor.

Also, Dragon Smithing perk allows you make BOTH Dragonscale and Dragonbone armor (essentially allowing you to pick and choose by that point), and the number of perks required going up through the left (light armors) is 1 less than going through to the right (heavy armors).

I'll need to play around with perks and enchants to see if it takes less perks to max out armor on light armor than heavy armor though.

But, a good rule of thumb is, whichever you choose to invest in the beginning, stick with it to the end. Eventually they will become nearly as useful as each other under all circumstances.