Hey everyone!
First of all: Thanks for the awesome game and all the effort you are putting in to improve it even further!
Lets get to the main part, shall we?
I was thinking about starting my progress towards a legendary during the huge price dip after the karka event, but eventually got turned of by the fact that legendaries are soulbound.
I got to admit that I have a tendency to level up several alts (as it is promoted by the game itself). A legendary is similar to leveling an alt as you “grind” in one way or another, so I don’t really have a problem with spending my time farming gold instead of leveling. Afterall you end up with an incredible looking weapon (in the most cases atleast), which is well worth your effort.
The problem with the fact that legendaries are soulbound is that anyone who got one won’t possibly play an alt. Why should you even bother running around with your level 35 Ranger in some standard armor with weapons appropriate for you level instead of your shiny greatsword with those cool partical effects?
I’d suggest to make legendaries accountbound instead of soulbound on use. As legendaries already have a level requirement (80), no low level character will walk around with a non-appropriate weapon for his/her progress, but you can still show what you as a player achieved once you reach the level cap.
I think this will encourage player even more to make alts, especially in conjunction with the overall effort by ArenaNet to make lower level zones more interesting for higher leveld players.
