While I don’t disagree that it would be a nice function, I have played a lot of games where character bound is a thing (such as final fantasy 11. Unlocking jobs was not something that was account wide, and I guess they figured if this is a swordsman only quest no one else would mess with it. However human nature is terrible, and instead you have people who aren’t even on the quest have no desire to be ninja’s or even other classes basically occupying the items for the sheer possibility that one day they will be tradable.
Here’s a though stop trying to take scrolls on your archer/mage/cleric, stop camping the flower if your not on a job trying to go ninja…
P.S. This in no way is me saying I support everything being character bound, however they want people to put in the work on the character that is going to use somethings so the experience feels special -shrugs- Case in point the 115 ice shield. Does it suck… Hell yeah it does, but it’s not so inconveniencing that is require everyone to be up in arms. Odds are it’s not going to change.