You say that we're going to do battle years down the road, with or against other guardians who are newer, with these year one weapons when these year 1 weapons won't be remotely as effective as weapons that are 4-5 years down the road? I highly doubt that. No one will use a 365 fatebringer when there are other weapons at the max 1000 or some bullshit. So where do you think we will show newer guardians our badass old year one gear? Probably not ever, it will sit in the vault in the first row never to be pulled out unless you decide to run VoG after a not running it for 3 years.. I want the new guns they create to be good choices. But however if what people want to show are weapons from year one in year 5 then there would have to be a way to max them out as well. Shoot, even if they don't let you do it for another year that would be ok.