I'm sorry, I really didn't want to do this, but I feel you forced my hand.
https://www.returnofreckoning.com/armor ... ame=Skorri
Here's an item players can't get on a character belonging to one of the staff members.
Not a huge deal in my opinion, it's just cosmetic, but you're against that, and wargrimnir stated that having items like this would lead to removal from the team.
Another example, one of Torquemadra's characters:
https://www.returnofreckoning.com/armor ... ame=Svanne
It's pretty much impossible for someone to get full oppressor gear at r58. You only start getting the medallions when you're r51. It requires close to 150 hours of playing, assuming a 50% win rate.
And for the record, I personally wasn't against
cosmetic items for staff back when I was GM and the matter came up, in the context of Torque being caught walking around in full annihilator on his WH, when players couldn't even get those items yet.