Yet again, chill with the nostalgia people. Yeah in XI relic weapons looked quite slick and elegant.
However, lets not forget we wore same crap for YEARS. I wore the damn elemental staffs forever.
I rather enjoy how much variety they adding and if they continue to do so I'm sure everyone will find something for themselves.
There's plenty of bland looking weapons and armor from Tanakas time. I rather the dev team be imaginative than have 50 freaking Cowls and Bronze, Iron, Darksteel swords that only change in color.