My thought on this is how at times it can be fairly annoying having a bunch people in the tower all looking the same. So why not allow two armor spots one for the look you want and another for the stats. If there is no selected armor for looks then it will be the stats armor that is the design.
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How bout just take any piece of gear and trade the stats so my hunter can have rare armor with stats and light of raid gear this way I'm lvl 32 and look different