Confused with armour rating of calcinium vs galatite

Glaiceana

So I'm crafting my first set of armour. Waited to get to VR4 to wear some galatite stuff. Created galatite leggings, ashen grip, at the vr4 level, and once I made them purple, they actually had less of an armour rating than my other leggings, which were calcinium ones, purple, and I believe were only vr1 or so.
I cannot remember if they had the reinforced trait however, but would that be the reason for such a difference in the armour level? (I deconstructed the old leggings unfortunately)

I put infused trait on the new leggings, so perhaps they would have been stronger if I had used reinforced? I just want to check if I have made a mistake in thinking Galatite should have a stronger rating, or if I should just use Calcinium for VR4 items?

eNumbra

Were the Calcinium legs Reinforced?

Glaiceana

eNumbra wrote: »

Were the Calcinium legs Reinforced?

Unfortunately I accidentally deconstructed them before I remembered to check that. So there is a slight chance that they were reinforced. (They weren't crafted, just ones I found as a drop)

eNumbra

They were probably reinforced then.

Glaiceana

eNumbra wrote: »

They were probably reinforced then.

Ok, hope so, was worried I'd screwed up and wasted a daedra heart. Also that perhaps it wasn't worth making galatite stuff if calcinium was better somehow. Thanks!