Guild Wars 2

It’s soulbind on acquire, and i’m already wearing runed exotic armor. It’s far from obvious that i’d want to accept it on this character, and its more than possible the character opening the chest can’t even use the armor type.

So WHY can we still not dismiss certain chests? These are far from the only reasons why you might not want to accept the contents of a chest RIGHT THAT MOMENT but the kitten thing will obscure the middle my screen until i relog or wp far enough away that i get a loading screen.

How has this oversight persisted in game for this long?

You would have to ask the Mistward armor committee.

It’s not even specific to that, though. A lot of achievements reward items, which you might simply not want or not be able to accept right that instant. But you can’t know what’s in a chest until you open it, at which point you can no longer put it away again.