

Īnd I still get the same armor ratings, 502 without shield and 584 with shield. I got gear with much higher ratings as follows. I took another set of dragon scale armor and made and improved them while wearing +100% bonus gear to smithing. This adds up to 586 (or 503 without the shield) and yet the armor rating I get is 502 without the shield, and 584 with the shield. Here are the individual ratings for each piece of gear (with 5/5 light armor skill bonus, 25% all light armor bonus, and 25% matched set bonus). I created a set of Dragon Scale armor with 100 smithing and improved them to legendary, they had an armor rating of 584(502 without the shield).
