Yeah I agree with the others. Even if you deem the old assets “inferior” we like them nonetheless and having the new ones in addition for more diversity would be a really nice thing without an additional cost. Why throw them away when they are still looking great?
You could still use them for rare named armor and weapons if you take them out of the standard variants. Or let the old great sword only be available from that one random event with the old man’s funeral. Just a random idea.
"I am a Paladin!"
>OMG, Malthus, there are no damn paladins in Battle Brothers...<
"OK, OK! Then I´m a wrecked down minstrel drunkard pretending to be a paladin, singing so wrong in the midst of battle that even the undead run in fear... Better?!"