This ‘bug’ was verified at the Armor Master [Armorsmith] in Eternal Battlegrounds.
The vendor shows 6 tabs with exotic armors you can buy for a combination of in game gold + Badges of Honor. Each tab shows armors with a certain type of prefix, e.g. Invaders, Knights, Carrion, etc.
One of the problems here is that the first tab (contains Invaders Armor) shows a different order of wearable gear than the other tabs do. It starts with Light Armor, than Heavy Armor, than Medium Armor. The other 5 tabs however, start with Heavy Armor, than Medium Armor, than Light Armor.
The confusing bit here is when you decide to mix & match some different kinds of armor (Knights + Invaders), you have to be really reading and looking well, not to buy the wrong weight of armor (heavy, light, medium) and end up with a completely useless piece, inappropriate for your character! This all because of an inconsistency in the order of armors on the different tabs!
Another problem is that you can’t really do anything with your useless bit of armor you just bought by accident (yes, I know, go slow and read/look better at what you do!). There is no option to return it to vendor in return for the purchase price (or part of it). Nor can you put the item on any character in your account since they are soulbound on acquire!
Honestly, buying Soulbound on Acquire items of the wrong classification should not even be a possibility! Preview OK, purchase: no!
A lot of grief and loss of blood, sweat and tears trying to gather up the Badges of Honor & gold, just because of a simple stupid mistake induced by a minor design flaw (in my opinion).
A fix of some kind or an added option for returning the item to the vendor (even if it is just to change the Heavy, Medium or Light classification) would be greatly appreciated.
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