BG3 doesn't need to copy current trends any more than than it needs to copy old trends. The old design was perfectly functional (and stronger stylistically); and even then, there's no reason we can't have aesthetics calling back to the originals (BG2 has a great style even by modern standards) and implement modern QoL/ease-of-use on top of that.
Im not sure i understand ... those two sentences together. O_o
On one hand you say that they dont need to it ...
On the other hand you say that they should do it ...
Im confused here. :-/
Anyway all i wanted to say is that old one seem ugly. *shrug*