A suggestion of karma
First guess off hand is so that people don’t just buy a full exotic set of karma gear on one character for another. High end gear is already easy to acquire, but that would just be like handing it out if it was account bound 1st before equipping.
Karma is sort of account bound, when kept in the jugs.
I have so much of it, I want more things to be able to buy with it…. it’s being poured on us like water and there are only so many green peppers one needs