If it's about costume pieces and powers? no...NO....PLEASE NO!
I don't want to have to play till a certain level to be able to actually "make" my character's concept.
If I want to be defected Circle of Thorns, I want to be that at level 1, not play the character in a sort Limbo till i can earn the costume pieces.
Same goes with aura's and capes. The way they were implemenmted at live with a direct result of them being late in the game, and the devs trying to leverage them for content.
But if I have a character that had a nuclear accident and she glows and shoots radiation, i shouldn't have to wait till level 30 till I can actually complete her concept.
Earning costume pieces is bad, since it disables a lot of concepts at level 1.
If you want to earn someting, why not trophies to put in your base? Kinda like batman had........