NO NO NO. :(:(:(
PLEASE NO.
I am a collector type gameplayer. One of my primary game activities is collecting items that will be discontinued from the game before they get discontinued.
Items going discontinued is a large part of my fun, and I know I'm not the only one. It's like the Rakghoul event, it gives it an extra sense of fun. I'm all for new stuff on the Vendors, but I'd much rather it be new stuff.
PvP armors are already saved through those schematic boxes (but at least those are time-specific). Now people are already talking about making Tionese etc. meaningless (not removed from game). I don't like it, but if people don't want it to be removed, alright, that's fair - but removing the idea of "discontinued" from the game altogether (or violating it arbitrarily) ... I'd be more than a little disheartened. Can't we just add a bunch of new looks to the game to make up for removing a very small amount of old ones?
EDIT: Maybe new armors largely based on the old-models? Makes old looks pretty 're-obtainable', but perserves the "Snowflake Effect" for people who pursued it in the first place.