During the PTS we were not able to view other players builds with the addition to the transmod feature. A good thing yes, but when TU11 went live, we can still view player builds even outside of group.

I dont think this is normal since there is a appearance mod slot for the gears.

If this was intended then I sudggest having a on/off switch to enable view to other players or only players in your group. Because that will defeat the whole purpose of appearance mods imho.