I do not recall coming across anyone asking for soulbinds to be decoupled from covenants. I’ve only ever seen people asking that significant player power be decoupled from them such as signature abilities and how they’re effected by soulbinds.
As well, asking for the ability to freely swap is in lieu of the fact such significant power is locked behind covanents. A 5% difference between Emeni and Theotar is miniscule, but a 25% and higher difference is significant.
And the reason they can get done so fast is because of the more dedicated PvPers who take the right choices to make that aspect easier. And… for a lack of better way to explain it, a casual player has a chance to hinder my chances at the BG win for the fact that we could be going up against dedicated players who are going to roflstomp all over the casual. So I have to pull extra weight to make up the difference.
I’m not against casual players, I’m part one myself. I’ll even go out of my way to help the casual players accomplish things they may not otherwise get to. However, when I want to accomplish something, I don’t wish to be hindered because they are unwilling to try and play at the level I need them to so I can.