It might for some people, but I tend to make weapons and stick with them for a long time anyway. Even when I get to 100 in smithing, I don't take perks for the next level up in gear until there is a reason for switching over to that gear that makes sense to me. Plus I tend now to use certain gear for symbolic or RP purposes... when I was playing out the CW, I wore the armor the Stormcloaks gave me until the final battle, at which point I switched to a unique set that was modded in for that moment and which I had to make myself (it still fell under the Steel or Steel Plate perk but gave somewhat better protection). I used the Axe of Eastmarch as my primary weapon because that's what Ulfric gave me when I became Thane and it felt appropriate to wield it in his service.

When I joined the Companions I bought Wolf armor and Skyforge steel weapons and I stuck with those throughout the questline, only switching weapons when I got Wuuthrad. (Kind of a bummer that I can't use it in conjuction with the Shield of Ysgramor. He must've been really something to wield both of those, OTOH he was apparently able to eat soup with a fork so I guess in his case anything's possible. )

After finishing the Companions main stuff I finally switched to Ebony but not until after I upgraded my social status considerably through marriage. But I have Dragonbane now and will probably use that as my primary weapon, along with the aforementioned shield, for a good bit, perhaps even through the end of the MQ and beyond. The only Ebony weapon I carry is a bow and that's because I haven't acquired one that is meaningful in any way so I just use the best possible one I can make with the perks I have. I will still use Wuuthrad if I am going out to kill Thalmor, although I think I've pretty much cleared all the known Thalmor enclaves so I may not see much of them any more.

The only other armor upgrade I'll be making is to Dragon since I don't think this character will use Daedric at all, and I haven't even taken the perk for Dragon yet so there is no temptation to switch just because I find some, even if there were any likelihood of stumbling on a full set in the course of my adventures.

There's your problem. For me, a RPG is about role-playing. That can be many things for many people, but i'm not interested in the best possible version of everything.

I haven't changed out of my Wolf Armor in over 200 hours.

I've noticed I am like that too. If I feel the need to Change armor it is either because I feel like it fits my character or I am doing a quest and I want to wear armor that fits the story line.

You know I never even bothered with it the first two times through the Companions, but I made a point of wearing it this time and I really liked it. I don't think I even realized you could buy it from Eorlund until late in my second Companions playthrough, and then it was kind of like... too late for it to matter somehow. But I made a point of getting it ASAP this time around. It's on a mannequin in Breezehome now but I will probably still wear it when doing jobs for them, which I fully intend to do. Not because it's better than anything else I have, but because that's what I feel I *should* be wearing when I am fulfilling my role as a member of that faction. If it was good enough for Kodlak, dammit, it's good enough for me.

Thinking something could be done better another way =/= knowing how to design it.

I think Skyrim would be better with Command spells. I don't have the slightest clue about how to code them into the game and make them work.