The way gear works in this game, it's not just a matter of flipping a switch and saying everyone can use this now. Our character models are like Lego pieces made from chunks of gear models. They'd have to actually make a new model for each race/gear combo. So each set would need six new models (or five, for the female Midlander and male Roe, already shared with Viera and Hrothgar), and would have to be functionally entirely new items to separate them. It's a lot more work than it seems at first glance.

I'm not really objecting to it, mind you. Just saying, it's not simple.