Guild Wars 2

I think it would be really nice if the Order’s weapons / armor could be changed to soul bound on use or account bound. Especially since the ability to change the order you are in has been removed. That way, you would be able to have the Priory shield that you love while still having the Whispers armor top that you love.

I think that would defeat their role as, really, the only way of identifying to other players what Order you’re in. That might be frustrating if you want to mix and match Order-exclusive elements, but I like being able to look at someone else in Whispers armor and thinking “Shared experience, yeah! Go Whispers!”

You can already make it account bound if you transmute it on white gear

Redenaz.8631:

I think that would defeat their role as, really, the only way of identifying to other players what Order you’re in. That might be frustrating if you want to mix and match Order-exclusive elements, but I like being able to look at someone else in Whispers armor and thinking “Shared experience, yeah! Go Whispers!”

I still have to meet someone that actually cares what faction other players chose (considering the shallow story GW2 has).

Melfice.5091 got it right, just transmute to a white item and then retransmute on the desired character to an exotic/ascended/whatever.