Well, if Bracers, Bronze, Silver, and Gold do nothing except for raising AC and Armour, then why do we still have them? Not being able to use bracers for armor knocks out the usefulness of at least half of the bracers out there. Would bracers really raise up the AC on a person that much more? We're not talking 50 points. We're talking a max of 14, fully enchanted. That's 1 AC more than a fully enchanted cloak. Letting bracers raise your AC more would actually give some incentive to earning them. How many people today do you see buying bracers instead of the gloves or other stuff in the Coin Shop? Really?