I, honestly, never thought that Legacy would be such a big deal! But the players that really wanted it, jumped on it right away. =p As soon as it was announced, I set myself up to, of course, become legacy. I feel bad for those that didn't get it, but I also feel that if it really mattered to them that much, why didn't they jump on that right away too? SE were pretty upfront with the benefits and the 'how to' from the beginning. It kind of feels to me that mostly the players that received Legacy status were those that were playing the game fairly regularly since release, or at least for the last year it was up.

I feel the biggest benefit of the Legacy Status, though, is the subscription costs. =P