That is good to hear. Hopefully it won't take them too long to finish.

there is a sense of location and culture, lore- when you pick up a armour piece from bangkorai- and it has a redguard motif to it- theres something nice if things have that connection. taking away it all would be a shame , I feel. when somone has a maelstrom sword- you know that person has a maelstrom game- that theyve earned it- if you could just change it to any motif- pieces lose their specialness in the same way as when somebody buys a patek philippe watch and covers it with diamonds. its like Arthur getting excalibur and changing it to a samurai sword.
someobody suggested having sets as they are- then adding a layer of costuming over the top for each piece, so you cold perhaps have a Necropotence armour set in its aronginan style- but then have a dwemer motif pattern across it in certain parts, or an apostyle style sash across the chest - so that crafted sets layered on top would combine to make new looks rather than just having a set transformed completely . this would be very very complex- but if theyre going to spend the time on doing it- if they did this it would make costuming someting really really special . it allows the adherence to the orginal IDENTITY of the item- which to me is important- and then allow the personalisation of the piece - without changing its inherent identity .

all they would really need to do- is instead of colours- or in addition to colours- add textures , so when you learn a motif- you could learn the motifs texture/pattern, so transmutation wouldnt change an armour peice design wholesale- but rahter allow you to add the motifs pattern ONTO the existing armour set.
as I said- i think for example if executed well- this would be cool and unlmited in its potential for cool looking sets.

maybe im getting too philosophical or intellectual with why i think they should retain identity but i do think that the game is losing some of that if we sudenly have a tamriel - where we are headed where there is no longer any conneciton of item to place.