So, you leather-users that use daggers/swords/bows. When you begin to travel up the left side of the smithing tree, and you're perking up to dragon for the best armor you an acquire, where do you get your weapons? Do you get them from drops or do you just use glass weapons?

Or just stay away from that armor and use DB armor or theives guild armor?

You'll find plenty of Ebony weapons at later levels (somewhere around 35+), Deadric weapons come along a little later at about 45+

don't assume something is best because it's at the top

Except dragon for leather does actually have the best armor rating.

Agreed, Legendary Dragonscale seems to be the best.

Well, Guildmaster chest piece has the highest light armour rating, yes higher than Dragonscale.

...and the boards groan under posts that complain that crafted daedric is superior. Search is in the upper right