Daggerfall did have right and left pauldrons.
http://media.classic-gaming.net/screenshots/normal/101/1011-1.jpg
Indeed.
A left leather pauldron, under a cape, looks real good.
I don't think it was just the choices that made Daggerfall's customization so good, it was also the art. The cheesy comic-hero look of the characters that you know we'll never get back simply due to technology, but that's not a bad thing. Cartoony TES just wouldn't work today.
That being said, as long as they do away with the "outfits," I'm happy.
And please, separate gloves and pauldrons. Sa-heb only wears a glove on his right hand.