User blog comment:Blood Reaper/Skyrim Dragon Armor/@comment-99.72.141.10-20111105175352/@comment-99.72.141.10-20111105181858

Yes, if you look at the perks for the Smithing tree, one reads "Advanced armors. Create scale and plate armors." This is somewhat consufing...could there be three variants of one armor? The basic, the plate, and the scale? I'll assume scale is a lighter variant and plate is heavier. So, for example, Elven Armor- if im interpreting this right you could smith Elven Scale Armor, Basic Elven Armor, and Elven Plate Armor... if you aren't investing in smithing, I'm sure you would find the Basic Elven armor much more often that plate or scale while looting. So, essentially, there could be three variants of each armor. And let's not forget about weapons!