I’ve been playing Valheim for over a year, now. I’ve done about three play thrus, no mods, and still love it.
One thing that always kinda slivered in my brain though, is why does my gear always look the same thru each upgrade tier of that certain piece. Resource mass not matching item mass aside(Just where does that hundreds of pounds of finished metals go after you craft your tier 4 , 3.0 pound, Silver Sword????), you would figure the armor piece or weapon would become more ornate or change in some way.
Case in point, leather and troll armor use a good amount of bone fragments in their crafting, especially the capes. It would cool to see some kind of increasing pattern using said fragments and maybe some pronounced boning structure being added in at say tier 3 and 4. This way you get both visual and practical(Increased AC) validation of the resources you are expending.
Thoughts?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/valheim/comments/xps887/equipment_textures_upgrades/