I think the "NPC only" costume items exist not to make sure NPCs don't look like player characters but the other way around. 
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Ryver 50 Ele� Blaster [1392 Badges]
Silandra 50 Peacebringer [1138 Badges] [No Redside Badges]
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There's nothing stopping anyone from creating a costume that looks exactly like these NPCs, all the costume parts are available to players.
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The total number of possible combinations is so large that two costumes being identical is pretty much zero. But, it is possible (as is that I run around street sweeping 50s and get a purple drop every single kill), however unlikely. It's possible the Devs have infrastructure in place to check, but more likely than not there'd have no way to really known. Likely nothing would happen once people noticed... likely it'd just become an in-joke, with maybe some in-world reference. If the person, for some reason, got really upset, I could see them tweaking it slightly... but that seems like an unlikely situation (so first 1 in a billion, and then low odds even then!).
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Originally Posted by Bill_of_Rights
In that vein, what would happen if they were to create an NPC costume that was identical to a player?
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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I'm not sure where else this question would go, so if it's better suited elsewhere my apologies.
I've noticed that the merit vendors and various NPC 'heros' of the chump category (background guys in and around AE, for example) have sort of...dull costumes. I was wondering if this was a deliberate effort on the part of the devs to avoid using better outfits that might be in use by a player? In that vein, what would happen if they were to create an NPC costume that was identical to a player? I realize the chances are slim but there are certain trends that a lot of people follow.