You guys must really like ugly things that impinge upon the artistic integrity of the game.

And yes this thread is speculation, but be that as it may, it is also just a suggestion of how not to implement something in the worst possible way.

What's so bad about bringing attention to something that could possibly end up being a negative feature. Having linkshell-like icons on gear just ends up ruining ALL gear.

SE put a lot of effort into maintaining a certain quality of gear, if they implement Free Company emblems in such a way as to ruin all that effort they put into the gear, then they should reconsider implementing Free Company Emblems in that specific way, and consider implementing them in a different way.

Honestly.