SP has been in the game since vanilla D1, and has been in D2 since vanilla as well. At least Karnstein has an ornament. And to answer your rhetorical question, while it is 2 ornaments per season now, it used to be 3-4
They both are.
Karnsteins don't take shaders and the ornament removes the best feature of it and still takes shaders poorly.
If starfire had one and it looked terrible, I'm sure you'd still think it's in desperate need of one.
I don't know what to tell you man, I like the Karnstein ornament. But while it's on topic, Verity's Brow doesn't have any ornaments either and Eye of Another World hasn't had an ornament since faction rallies, and is no longer obtainable. The same goes for Crest of Alpha Lupi and Knucklehead Radar for titans and hunters respectively
The eye of another world ornament is great, just throw the faction ornaments into Playlist activities or something.
And the ornament for karnsteins still shades poorly. I looked through every shader I have, and not one made either the base armor or the ornament black without some strange accent color that just doesn't fit with the outfit I'm using.
The lack of customization with the armor is extremely dissapointing.
And that still doesn't address that the ornament removes the visual cue on the gauntlets that vampires caress is active, which is another pain point.
They just need a new ornament that actually takes shaders and doesn't remove the visual cue that your perk is active.