Gearbinding - can we get rid of it?

[Orophin]

Now I can't remember half the names of anything from that game, but here's how this went down: My berserker friend got to level cap, and needed to do a certain dungeon. We'll call it 'Dungeon A'. The community, being as absurdly toxic and elitist as it was, unanimously decided that berserkers needed Axe B before they could run Dungeon A. The problem? Axe B dropped from Dungeon A. You couldn't get Axe B without running Dungeon A, and you weren't allowed to run Dungeon A until you had Axe B

Slightly different, but sounds exactly like pre-2.1. "Need Relic+1 for AK" AK is a prerequisite for getting your normal relic, I mean seriously...

I know the reasons for people doing it, but it doesn't make it any less asinine.