If you make a big deal out of an item, it should be at least better than what you have currently in some way. Even if I have a flaming sword that is cool, and they now give me an ice sword that is just as cool, that is at least something.
I shouldn't go through some elaborate cutscene and things, "Oh yeah, this is gonna be good" only to get a sword +1 with no additional powers to go with it.
Here's what I'm talking about. In BG2, I had the Flail of Ages equipped on Minsc. However, I had an ice axe in his inventory and a shield + 3 or something and Sarevok's Greatsword and a Warhammer, can't even remember everything. Why? Because they were all relatively equal in value, but each did something different. One was effective against golems and the like. One was effective against something else, etc. Each had unique, clever abilities that made them special and made me want to keep them.
There is some of that in BG3. I'm just saying, there needs to be more of it as opposed to, "What is this? This is not special. Sell."
