In an unrelated (or perhaps very related) note, I do find that the limited selection of item appearance is jarring to say the least, as someone has already pointed out. Wearing the same outfit over and over and over gets pretty tiring, pretty quickly. Yes, I'm looking at you, leather armor brothers, you all look the same! While the RNG should indeed be improved, let's not forget that a little more variety in models would also be a godsend.
I agree, but we do have to keep in mind that since each race is radically different and has a similarly different body shape it will take a lot of time and resources just to add one alternate armor set for each race. We're talking four times the labor for each armor style they add over your typical game. This is one of the main reasons why so few games add many, if any, monster races. I'm personally glad they did it and am willing to put up with a more limited aesthetic as a consequence.
Oh...... I actually just thought about it and adding one new armor style would actually be twelve times as much work as normal. One for each race multiplied by the number of armor types........... Yeah, I don't think we can expect much more on that front.
