Negates the entire Heavy Armor tree as well, which I unfortunately maxed on my first char. Bah.
Haha yeah. I mean technically, give my given perks (and preferred method of play) this character should be wearing light armor, but I wanted to be different, and wear heavy armor with a stealthy ranged-assassin. With the perks and enchants available, it doesn't affect my sneaking at all, and when I get deep in the poop I still have armor. Of course, that was before I knew the armor cap was so low at 567, but oh well. Still made it over 1100 armor... :3When I play my Heavy Armour character I pretend Light Armour doesn't exist, haha. I admit it's a little bit of a let down to have to roleplay in my mind that Light Armour is meant for agile/stealthy characters. It's probably best not to even mention that agile characters don't exist. /oops! =)
For practicality, I much prefer light armor. I'm a natural stealth player, so light armor is my best friend. The ability to move faster is very valuable, too; I'm having a hell of a time getting used to the slow jog you have with heavy armor with my current Nord warrior.
However, in general I think heavy armor looks better. I've very often been disappointed that I had to pass up on sexy armor because it was heavy, and my character only used light. The one exception is Thieves Guild armor, which I think is the coolest-looking outfit in the game. I freaking love that hood.
I have to agree that until you get the perk for heavy armor weighing nothing and not slowing you down it's hell going from light armor to that at first.