Three reasons why this is a bad idea:
- It invites inconsistency to the game. Having a suit look like an already-existing disguise just open the floodgates for players to suggest other suits that look cool but are restricted because they are disguises normally. If the developers established rules on how they do unlocks early on, they probably shouldn’t break those rules later on, especially for the sakes of a cheap unlock opportunity.
- It’s bad form to do so. I know that sounds a bit toothless to say, but it’s just bad form to take a disguise and then convert it into a suit. To be honest, it’s quite lazy. The least the developers could do is view the original disguise as a template, and get creative to make it evoke the same theme, while also retaining the same general style and flair.
- It causes confusion. You generally want to avoid that among players. The more confusion among players you make between the two (the two being in contracts mode, for example), the more it becomes a problem in the fanbase, and it breeds ambiguity, as it has to be repeatedly cleared up. That just shouldn’t need to happen. This is precisely why the Cashmerian was created in H2 to look similar to the disguise of the Kashmerian, but not have all its notable features (No hat or sunglasses). They made it distinct while having the same style, and they pretty much nailed that.
I’ve said this all before, but maybe if I repeat it for the seventh time…