A few questions about dragon age: origins?

So I've played endless hours of sacred 2 and really like the weapon/armor selection. Just wondering if DA:O has as big a selection of different weapons/armor. And how customizable the characters. I like to micro manage my chars... Stats + different armor and weapon combinations. Does armor change character appearances?|||There is a pretty good selection of armor and weapons, mostly consisting of common versions of them, but there are rare versions of armors and weapons that have different effects compared to the standard versions. All of the armors and weapons have varied appearances that have an effect on how your character looks, some of them just have different colors compared to other pieces, but other ones have quite a big effect; an example is comparing lightweight Leather armor to the massive Dragon Bone Plate armor.





The characters are quite customizable: skills, abilities, weapons, armors, accessories, even their tactics are all customizable by the player. The tactics change how a character might react to a given situation, for example you might make a tactic where a healing mage casts heal on any ally that falls below 25% health. This takes away from all of the micro-managing of your party, but if you so choose, you can also choose to micro-manage your party by removing all/most of the tactics.