Granite armor: there was talk that it was getting a facelift at some point but they also mentioned that it may not be possible to have two granite armors via power customization.
So if that is the case, I would have to consider the following ideas:
1. a second stone armor set, same basic powers and abilities but all the armors get a face lift in terms of appearance, especially granite.
2. Set up a video and that shows the classic granite and then the new and put up a poll and see what the majority would like: the old and busted or the new hotness
3. Or I could go by the philosophy that not everyone can be pleased at all times and that ANY update to ANY MMORPG will upset/offend some players such as all the nerfs of CO, COH issue 13 pvp changes, the changes that alienated many SWG players and so on and just replace the original granite armor and be done with it.
The idea for the new granite armor is based on the fact that there really isn't much point to working on costumes for a granite armor user since the costume goes away when in granite mode. So basically, set your character height, build and costume to however you want including aura and when you activate granite armor only YOUR SKIN changes and it will take on the texture/color of the statues that you would see in galaxy/atlas/pergrine zones. Color customization of the armor if possible except for maybe the color orange.....THINGS could be bad if that color would be available
Also would seriously consider slightly lowering the speed penalties of rooted and grantite. Rooted was 90% and Grannite was 70% as I recall and they combined. Perhaps rooted having 80% and Granite 60% penalty would be more appealing? Still cant jump or fly of course.