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1) Zipper, Don't forget that the Altmer are a longer lived race,that has had longer to perfect every part of their civilization. Nords on the other hand have had less time to perfect their civilization, in the Elves' eyes they are little more than barbarians. Also:

The best Nordic armor is the carved armor which has a base armor os 119.5(with shield, and 93 without) and glass(best elven armor) has base armor of 103(with shield, and 76 without). So tecnically the Nords' armor is better than the Altmers'.