Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130722105712/@comment-202.156.8.10-20131114014527

Mania Resident wrote: No, no, no. A Bosmer armor piece will look different than a Khajiit one, but you can still wear them both even if you are Nord. Uh, but the problem with this is that there will be way too many armor variants. For example, instead of just "daedric armor", we need to have "Nord style daedric armor", "Breton style daedric armor", "Altmer style daedric armor", "Argonian style daedric armor" etc, which will be kind of confusing and irritating when crafting (for many a casual gamer), as well as creating a ridiculously long list of armors during smithing (the list is now 10 times longer). I know its cool for all armors to look different on different races, but its going to be very inconvenient during smithing...

Also, all the armors variants are still basically the same armor, so besides looking nice, it does not affect gameplay in any way. Problem is, if different variants gave different benefits, that will also not sit well with the community, as people will just decide on the best variant at that destroys the purpose of different variants.

Maybe, what about the armor variant been affected by what blacksmith sells them, as well as the race of the crafter at the forge? Maybe an argonian crafter can only make argonian styled armor, but he can buy bosmer styled armor from a bosmer blacksmith? Also, maybe paying a small (negligible) fee for a blacksmith to help you craft armor of a different style (if you have the requisite perks), like maybe 50 septims (e.g. you are an altmer, but you want khajit styled glass armor, so you pass the malachite, moonstone and leather strips to a khajit smith, with 50 septims so he helps you make khajit themed armor)?