Centralized account

Then do that.

Keeping it under the radar takes extra steps. This is normal.

So why isn’t it important for the purposes of other mechanics?

Why can’t we tell which characters are on a single account. Or wardeccing one char decs the whole account. Or kill rights work for the whole account. Sec status. Npc standings. Bounties…

Things work on a character level, not an account level.

If that changes i think some of the above should too.