Speaking about the looks of gear, this game has visual armor destruction when durability gets low. Kinda like destructible cars in race games. When my robe was at 20% it was stained in clotted blood and one arm was ripped off. Pretty impressive.
It would be even more impressive if the game had more then handful or armor design.
They are aware of this (obviously it's the NR.1 complaint about the Game everywhere is is discussed) and it's something they most likely wanted to change for our version but it's up to the devs Pearl Abyss to do something about it, the CM recently said on the Forums they have requested this from the devs and it's something he personally want's to see as well.
http://forum.blackdesertonline.com/index.php?/topic/47000-more-in-game-armor-sets/#comment-700116
The idea is to have limited number of armor in order to people buy overpriced costumes.