How bout being able to just change the stats to armor and weapons, players could keep the armor they like and when its time to upgrade to the next armor just have the choice of being able to add the stats to the armor, Gw2 already has something like it if you have GW1 but its the armor that you can change to the stats just revers it in GW2 then players could custom there armor by moving the stats instaed of getting the armor that some players dont like ive noticed that some armor in the lower ranks are nicer then the high side armor so just change the stats and keep the armor and weapons you like . but then that armor would be unsalable the choice would have to be up to the player you already have to destroy some armor now so i dont think it wouuld make a big change the way things are now.