as a new player, I'm really confused with the point of smithing in this game
I thought its supposed to be that you level your combat stats and craft yourself a better gear

I got my melee stats to 30 and bought adamant armor from the shops
then I check wiki and see that the next upgrade is rune armor

but why does rune armor requires only 40 combat stats to wear it and 90+ smithing to craft??
of course I'd rather go and just buy it from shops, and it makes smithing pointless to level and boring