Equipment is one thing that seems to be lacking in a lot of the newer RPG's, DS1 did it right where you had alot of choices even if it was the same stats or +/- on one stat you had a different look you could choose if you so wanted.
I loved looking for new armor and weapons to use. I'd prefer to keep the skill system from DS1, trying to find the next level of a spell your using was always a blast cause it meant the slaughter of anything that gets in the way hoping it might drop the next one.