I think the armor system should not exist. Instead you should get a hazard suit with upgrade slots to modify it visually and stat-wise. And you can get better suits and better mods via crafting/drops.
I’m just salty we didn’t get the excursion suit earlier in the game :(
And each upgrade module thing for your suit can have wildly different effects but you can stack ones from same themes for greater effect like how armor sets work. Also it includes a gauntlet slot where shield or fireball glove goes, and make that stupid piece of shit glove work with any weapon set up as its own button fucking useless piece of shit