Guild Wars 2

I like some of the Cultural Armor and actually would like to get 2 or 3 sets for some of may characters, however hi have run into the whole issue that what I want is really just the skin, which this is really what everyone wants out of the cultural armor. So it ends up boiling down to the fact of do I want to spend all that money on some lvl 80 rare armor or just go for a set of exotic that has the actual stats I want. Even if they where to switch the sets over to karma, I would still be dealing with the issue of using karma on those or getting the exotic sets from the temples in Orr.

I think to me the cultural armor whether changed to karma or kept as gold lose something, at least the teir 3, the other 2 teirs seem more functional to me as far as price and stat for the lvl. But for teir 3 to spend around 120 gold on a set of rare is a almost a waste. Granted I have noticed for a long time that what you are working for is the skins and not the stats themselves (this is true for a lot of items including legendary item). I guess in my mind if it is going to cost 120 gold make it worth the 120 gold, other wise maybe make it karma based or a a little cheap when it is more practical to try and obtain it.