As of alpha and beta, shaders are equipped in the same manner as ghost skins, ship, sparrow wep, ar etc. its one item that u equip and it changes your whole outfits color scheme. So yes it will effect pieces that are multi colored. But i would [u]guess[/u] that class items are not affected by thw shader. Dont hold me to it. In alpha we could get shaders but nothing crazy class wise. And beta. No shaders. But awesome iron banner rewards. Shaders can also be stored in your stash. As for the article. Do u have a link? I remember a while back amazon coming under heavy fire over the incident. I wonder if activision slipped something as well....