Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback Shiny metal

It is not my intention to suggest a new music genre. Instead I would simply like to complain about metal things being too shiny. There doesn't seem to be a place for dull or rusty metal in Faerûn. Even goblins seem to put a great amount of effort into maintaining the perfect shine of their bodily adorments.
Wouldn't it be nicer if only the most glorious of weapons and equipment look like they are on display at a jewelry store?

I don't know, I would expect legendary weapons to see some use. Because as far as I know weapons don't get used up in DnD . Crap weapons are shiny as no respectable adventurer uses that crap. It's cheap, off-the-shelf manufacture.

Weapons and armour are supposed to be shiny and well maintained - if they are allowed to rust, they might become less effective at the slicing and dicing.

Although wouldn't it be cool if we could find some ancient weapon or armour set in an ancient tomb somewhere, and then use the yet-to-be-implemented crafting system to restore it to its shiny glory?

Oh geez that reminds me to go do some armour and bow maintenance in real life (I play SCA and my gear hasn't seen much use over the past year due to COVID lack of war events)

Well, I would say real weapons are dull and slightly greasy. Most metal isn't electroplated that you would use for actual combat. The real stuff, steel which is Carbon and Iron - needs to be kept oiled and maintained.

This is of course leaving out the magic weapons which of course look all kinds of pretty and much better quality with gold accents and nice wood handles and flourishes.

But back to the original point I think they do a pretty good job of showcasing standard weapons that are non-masterwork with some notches and bits of twine holding the pommel to the blade..etc.

There is a single "Scrap Sword" in the game that drops off the Gnoll Fangs that is a rusty mess, looks like a possible longsword and does 1d6
https://baldursgate3.wiki.fextralife.com/Scrap+Sword

Armour and weapon dyes and tints would be great for this. I would love to have dull and darkened armour or weapons for some of my characters. Besides, too much shine is bad for stealth.

Now I am cringing at the thought of what the shiny metal genre would sound like. :P