I am the kind of player that likes variety. I really miss the multitude of builds in GW1. Heck, I took all 10 classes through every campaign and unlocked most of the secondary class skills on each of them so I could play anything anywhere.
I currently have 5 level 80’s in full exotic. Like GW1 this game promised to refrain from the gear grind. Although to get a legendary is a pretty serious grind, it’s stats match those of the exotics, so it’s really just a skin. I’m totally cool with that. Now the release notes indicate a new tier with higher stats than exotic on the way….
Would I have gone and spent the 30g or so on each of my toons if I had known you were changing one of the basic tenants of your game? No. As i did in Aion and SWTOR, I would have stuck with one main. One of my favorite aspects of GW1 was it encouraged alts. I really hope Anet reconsiders.