I know that some of the gashapon 'rewards' are meant to be insulting and a slap in the face of any kid wasting his parents money. That said i hate how a system that's only available to lvl 50+ players gives lvl 30 gear that is untradable. At least in old source they were one of a kind, so it payed off to hang on to them, having one of each type would give you a better rate of gashapon rewards. And even then CBD was pretty bad. I made 3 mil off 35 tickets yesterday at CBD so i feel like these weapons need to become 1 of a kind again, or tradable at least.
Has already been done for the next patch we release, making them one of a kind again. They will still be trade blocked.
I'm sorry I was misinformed, what will happen is that the flags will not be made one-of-a-kind but their gachapon rate will be drastically lowered instead. Being able to gain better rates by being forced to run around with all Singapore Flags in your inventory is not a very good solution, and making them more difficult to obtain will serve the same goal, but affect everyone and not cause unwanted inconvenience.
I believe having them to be untradeable is a big issue. I've got it before, as a blunt weapon, warrior only, on a mage char. They're not something worth using, I believe, just for the looks, so why is it untradeable?