Level 50 Quested Tools vs Luminary, why isn't there a difference?

[Kyriea]

I don't have any of the Luminary yet, I don't really have any reason to get them either if they are the same stats.

I don't have much room to comment cause my Miner isn't that high yet but there are a lot of people who like shinies (me included). I mean, not making comparisons because to be fair there isn't one at all, but GW2 was based around the idea that looks > stats, and has a large amount of players based on that alone. For a lot of people looking good is part of their end goal and is all about personal play styles. This makes the luminary pick far from useless because it's a trophy, like others have said, and looks different from all the other miners using Mammon.