drop bound item

Agreed. Bounded items should be given the ability to be dropped/destroyed, especially if it is raw materials. I understand the current mechanics of protecting bounded equipments (e.g. old man gears), but having the same restriction on bounded materials is suffocating.

This is coupled with issues in which bounded items, when merged with non-bounded items, causes issues when it comes to storing the non-bounded items (error message pops up stating that there is not enough of that item in inventory, even though it's not the case).

Perhaps there should be a distinction between bound items and special items. The former would be things like the Copper Ore you get from quests, and would be droppable. The latter would be items like the Old Man kit and the Cooked Bluegill that should not be dropped. Both should be storage in personal storage, though.

I agree, it's rather annoying having bound items that I can't do anything with, furthermore if I can't do anything with them right now honestly why have them bound or even have them until they're useful for something?I can understand them being bound and having them right now if there were something I'm to do with them at this moment but not if there's no reason to have them until there's a use for them/questline for 'em :)