This is fashion souls, not dark souls! I want nice looking gear too. I was fine with it my first playthrough when I was a hobo ranger but the worn leather really did not suit my noble rogue character. And when you get the +1 version of it, it looks the same. I get why it looks the same but it's just a bummer that there's no visual difference between the one that says it has pit stains and the supposedly "nice" one. I do agree that part of this issue seems to stem (at least partially) from loot sparsity. The drow gear looks cool but the rest of the gear I've found looks like the default gear or the same as Lae'zel's. Meh.