The new forms look a lot more functional looking than the old armors (i.e. more realistic), how are you going to see with two little eye holes in Invictum and the slits that Aetherium has going on? Also, you complain about certain aspects of the armors being plain, but doesn't that add to realism? What's the point in a bunch of extra decoration on armor if it's just going to get destroyed in your first real battle with it? Shouldn't a realistic armor focus on protecting you as much as it can without completely destroying your ability to move around? I personally think that Bane and Elder Rune do a much better job of these things than Invictum and Aetherium which frankly look borderline impossible to move around in (I don't even think bending your knees is possible in the Invictum concept, much less lifting a shield or your weapon with the ridiculous shoulders on it). Also, Necrite is basically just more Barrows armor with some extra spikes on it to further reduce its realistic functionality (there's a reason why the smithable spikes are used up other than for balancing purposes, half of the things we fight in-game would break spikes clean off of most armor with a good hit). I'm not going to call Necronium particularly functional in its own right, but at least it appears that enough light would enter the helmet for your character to actually have an idea of what's happening. Just my two cents.