for me, its an issue of whats the biggest upgrade.
I'm sporting tier 4 legs and wrynn dynasty (depending on gear set)
then I have jade skull and vindicators hauberk for chest (again, depending on gear set)
... as such, the badge chest is my priority.
If I was in your position, I'd go for the chest first. It seems that pants off curator are much easier to obtain than chest off nightbane.
So basically, what I'm looking at, is which of the pieces is hardest to obtain the next upgrade, and get that badge version...which would be nightbane's drop. ie, which piece would last longest w/out a sidegrade. So far as I've seen, the chest piece is one of the final pieces of the entire gear set that people manage to upgrade, so why not get it first from badges.
in direct reference to your post...boots, there are two upgrades in kara, one a trash drop (direct upgrade of flesh beast) and from chess, again, easier than nightbane.
idk, i'm rambling. if it make sense, cool, if not, oh well.

_________________
