We’re only a few months into the game and more people have Legendaries than I think ANET expected. The solution to this problem is simple:
Either
1. Make an item tier above (or below
) Legendary and expect people with Legendaries to head for it and others to continue the gear treadmill as well. Also, expect mass community outrage and uninstalls.
2. Create a “Hall of Legends” similar to GW1’s Hall of Monuments that only allowed those with Legendaries admittance.
As of now, Legendaries are a massive grind with the relatively paltry reward of pretty looks that is more rapidly becoming less appealing with each passing day that sees another player ending their farming and gaining their treasure.
This won’t be solved by making the weapons harder to gain (that’ll alienate those in the process of gaining them), or by making them stronger (this would be another way to screw-up the economy royally). They simply need another incentive towards being sought; a bribe, of sorts.
Make a Hall of Legends that requires the player to own (or equip, whichever) a Legendary to enter, and fill the Hall with things like:
*Cosmetic upgrades found only there
*Recipes found only there
*Town Clothes found only there (that cost COINS, mind you; or Karma)
…etc.
But remember, these things found in the Hall MUST be of cosmetic or non-effectual value only. Otherwise, you would, again, create another treadmill of progression (and there can be none of that after such a grind).