Guild Wars 2

I just got my Norn Female Mesmer through her lv 20 story and got the Norn cultural tier 1 light top for her and it unlocked the skin, but didn’t add to the achievement for cultural armor.

Its the same skin, just not rare.

The same thing happened to my Male Human Necro and his light part for Tier 1 while back.

Is this intended or a bug?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cultural_armor

The wiki states that it only applies to the rare, and can only be gotten from the cultural armorer in the home city.

So it looks like it’s intended that way and not a bug.

Yup, it’s intended. The Cultural Armor achievements are meant to be a gold sink/high ticket item; thus, any skins obtained either through spvp or from personal story won’t count. You have to buy them from the vendor.

That is the stupidest thing they ever done yet… oh well I’ll probably buy the story awarded skin last.