If it's not iron or steel, I don't want it. That fancy elven and dwemer stuff belongs in a museum, not an armory. Bloody milk drinkers and their pretty looking gear. Give me a couple of sticks and some string and I'll poke anyone's eye out.

Who else prefers the simpler-looking gear?

I wouldnt call it crappy but I normally use the Royal vampire armor and Nightingale boots and gloves.

I like a silver sword for my spellsword, who refuses to wear armor due to the lack of codpieces. Is that too fancy?

I started to write something silly, but in a moment of OOC honesty, I'll just say this:

I love steel. The only problem is I can't get the weapons strong enough to do the job I need them to do. Thankfully, a couple of modders have fixed that problem for me.

But if I play a Nord - or a Khajiit - they wear steel.

Other than the Thieves Guild and Dawnguard armors, I don't really like light armor in Skyrim.

Both of my warrior character spent all of their 50+ levels in beginning armor. One wore Hide Armor, one wore Iron Armor. One of them used a 2-Hand Steel sword, one used a 2-Hand Draugr sword the whole time. My mage didn't even wear robes, she wore street clothes.

I usually tend to prefer the Steel equipment(including Steel Plate and Scaled Armor, which are a bit better than their normal Steel counterpart).

I like my legendary ebony armor. Too fancy?

I love Dwarven armour, i just wish there were more npcs that would wear it so im not the only person in whole state of skyrim using it. I really believe the markarth city guard should be wearing Dwarven heavy armour and maybe a light armour variant. I can understand Daedric and Dragonbone and Dragonscale being rare but not all the others.

Yeah, i think Steel weapons and armor have the best design. Luckily i have a mod to keep the design and use better materials Dat Ebony Nordic Greatsword

I second this. Nord steel, or go homeElsweyr.

I start with the most basic weapons and armor, but not for the full playthrough.. I always aim for the best gear simply because it's the way I am. I've never gone the Light Armor route either simply because I prefer Daedric armor in the end over any other, and Ebony comes in second.. I might consider going down it one day but I don't know when although this can be easily done on my maxed out character since he has so many extra perk points.

My taste is a little different.

I don't like fancy-looking body armours. I can't imagine town folks can keep their calm when somebody in a dreadful alien-looking Daedric armour was wandering in the town. That's a bit weird isn't it?

However, I do love fancy gloves/gauntlets. They only take a small portion of the appearance of the character, so it won't be so garish.

I love Ebony armor , to me its the most beautiful armor in the game. Im not to keen on Iron , Steel isnt bad looking at all.

These topics always make me chuckle.
Reaching out for a kindred spirit, to validate their playstyle when it doesn't really matter, one way or another.

One could say the same thing about anything. What does "really matter?" This is a forum where folks with a shared interest in a hobby come to discuss various aspects of their hobby. To people who care about something, it matters.