Bronze isn't meant for huge weapon/armor upgrades, although they do exist and primarily for utility.

Full bronze is good for first play as many will like the extra armor in prep for swamps or may not be able to handle trolls w/o bronze. For experienced players only specific pieces are used depending on playstyle and troll armor is the place holder until their next set.

Immediately I think of the atgeir, sword, mace, spear, and buckler for melee builds. Axe for all types and pickaxe is nice to speed things up a bit. That's a fair bit of very useful gear! If you're a bow build, then this may not seem too exciting though.

The big use is for utility items: the cart, farming, cooking, fermenting, and particularly the karve. Useful again later for Lanterns and Krom.