This may only be for the alpha, but I noticed that all three pvp factions (FWC, DO, and NM) all have gear (lvl 20) that looks exactly the same, except for color. Although color doesn't matter if you have a armor shader on. I compared all the arms and they all look the same, with similar perks. Same goes with the other armors between the three factions. All factions have two sets of equips, each different, but all three factions sets are the same aesthetic wise. The only difference they have is that they have different base colors/designs, but that doesn't matter if you buy an armor shader from one of the factions. I also noticed that the Vanguard equipment looks the same as the equipment that the regular (non faction) Crucible. It's not that this bothers me very much, its just that I thought each faction would have gear that looked different or made it unique to that faction. The only thing that really makes a factions armor unique from another's are it's base colors and shaders. TLDR; Level 20 pvp faction armor is the same aesthetically. I could buy Dead Orbit pvp gear and equip a New Monarchy shader and it would look as if I bought New Monarchy gear. No pvp Faction armor diversity. Do you think this is just because it is in alpha, and might change by beta or official release? Are they all the same because they didn't want people to feel like they were missing out if they bought armor from one faction?