Are cloning items possible? I.e. the underlying item is, for example, Field Marshall's Flare Gun, but the image is Seige Blade (or any other weapon you own).

I'm not sure how complex this would be on the back-end, but I would love to equip items that I prefer the LOOK of, but that maintain the stats of equipment that are better.

Aesthetics matter to some, and the Field Marshall set is just meh. Much prefer my animated Seige set! 

I can try to clarify better if this explanation isn't adequate.

Oh man, that was not meant as an insult, sorry about that 

But how can we compare an animated item to a non-animated item? If it had some glow or something that made it seem... unique and powerful, it'd be more attractive. 

I have plans with item artwork, including potentially upgrading the resolution of them. I'll take this into consideration, but I would argue that having the image changed to that of another item will only confuse other players.

The sentiment is understood though, being able to better customise the look of your character is important imho, but I think we can do it in a different way. Plus, just having more items in general will make it easier to differentiate yourself.