You've at least given me food for thought, and i'm beginning to think about the light armors, though i'm still a bit undecisive because my basic idea is using a heavy armor, if i allready have the strength for it. Then again, you do have a point with saying that high/med armor does not really add much (though i am uncertain of how important defense is, i don't think less then 5k defense will cut it before it starts to get interesting.) i might be choosing fade over BoS most of the time, but the moment i feel i need more speed, i could just as well use it, it's the same technique i use with my trapsin at the moment. With BoS as at least a pre-req and boosted by +skills, i can't see why it should really bother my sin. I'm not sure if the defense bonus of the medium/heavy armors is worth the penalty on running speed and stamina drain. I think best is to run the pit in hell difficulty with no MF, or one one of the other high level areas (ancient tunnels, some of the act 3 temples, WSK. I think all elite armors get 4 sockets from Larzuk.

Diablo 2 armor treachery