Maybe I am missing something but I checked on the wiki and I can’t see any difference between the NOVICE giver’s Chain Armor and Resilient Chain Armor; they both give EXACTLY the same stats. Now when we move onto tier 2 armor things are different but tier 1 seems to be the same.
The only difference is the crafting components and giver’s crafting requirements are harder to come by and more expensive to buy on the TP so why would you ever build them?