I like what they do in Guild Wars 2 with transmutation stones, (besides the fact that you can only get ten through micro transactions or an absurd amount of in game currency) where you can get the stats of a really good piece of gear, like let's say the Titan gauntlets from Croats End, and use the transmutation stone or whatever with any titan gauntlet armor in the game. I'll use the blue rarity knights gauntlet as an example, so I would have what looks like blue rarity gear, but it has the stats of raid armor!
English
-
this is basically what i proposed....just in a more realistic format.