» Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:07 am
Heavy armor is better if you're going to stand there and take every hit head on, without a thought to defending yourself. If you're being agile, sneaky, ranged, or doing anything in order to protect yourself, light armor is an excellent choice.
You don't have to worry about being staggered if you're moving out of the way, or shield bashing, or your opponent doesn't even know that you're there.
The only reason heavy armor is "better" is because you get access to Daedric weapons, which have the highest damage in the game. We're not talking 50% higher or anything like that, but there seems to be a fair percentage of min/maxers on the boards, so even +0.0001 is unequivocal, absolute, objective superiority, irrespective of everything.