Reivaxe your whole post was illuminating, but I'm gonna focus on this:
Quote Originally Posted by reivaxe View Post
It's of my opinion that this would frankly devalue the gear and much of the enjoyment in making a glam. To put it simply, all gear would run into the same problem of FoTM LvL1 glams and much of the identity behind designs would be lost.
(Emphasis original)
This was super helpful and transformed the way I understood this discussion.
It's not a debate of Yes vs. No.
It's more a discussion between people that enjoy exploring class identity and pushing the limits, and people that don't care as much about that and would instead prefer getting more tools to create their own identity.