Guild Wars 2

I have a couple Pirate Outfits that I got from somewhere in Bloodtide Coast, I think. They are unusual in that they have white text, not gray, are marked Trophy, are not salvageable, can be traded at the BLT Corp and do not seem to be event-bound or collectable by a renown-heart NPC (there’s no text that says so-and-so is interested in them, anyway). The tooltip for them just says “Pirate Outfit / Trophy / 6 copper”. They are not on the gw wiki page under Trophy. They certainly aren’t the gem-store skins, and they can’t be equipped. They’re apparently quite common, as there are nearly 40,000 of them available at the BLT Corp for 7 coppers each. Selling all junk at a vendor does not sell them.

Does anyone know in what these are good for?

There is a Task in Bloodtide Coast that includes killing pirates and collecting their Pirate Outfits which you give back to the heart guy. It sounds like you killed lots of Pirates and were left with outfits which the heart guy would not take from you. There are lots of those drop things which can be bought at the Trading Post from tasks all over the game.

Thanks, I found that Agent Carter was wanting them, and giving them to him both gave me some credit toward “Help sply on the Crafty Corsairs” (which I hadn’t completed) and started the ’Free an Order of Whispers agent from pirates" dynamic event.

Free an order of whispers agent from pirates event bugged
Fisherman Carter’s related Renown Heart quest appears to be completed, though I have not done so. He gives the spiel that it has not been completed, but will not accept Pirate Outfits. The quest does not appear as in progress in the tracking area. Seems to be the same on many servers. I’ve seen this on Borlis Pass.