Costume brawl, armor matter?

I know that we get attributes, and health and stuff. But when I go to official wiki it says nothing about if armor level matters or if you automatically get the max al cap for your character.

So does it matter at all, or is it just not stated?

Yes, it's max armor for each profession. So no it doesn't matters if you're wearing Shing Jea Robes or something.

Unofficial wiki lists this too, just another reason why to use it over the other one ;D.

If you bring in a shield set, i know you dont get the +60hp, but do u get the +8 (18 with insc) from it, or is that also excluded?

Well, I know you get the vamp/elemental benefit from weapons, so I assumed you got the AL bonus from shields. Anyone test it?

From what I know every profession automatically gets the max level equivalent armor, but this can be modified by runes and weapon mods. The best setup for armor is to get all +armor and -condition time runes,except for necromancer, where you want longer conditions on yourself so they are longer when you transfer them.