I've been thinking about a system of ascension that would please everybody and I came up With this. What about after a quest chain you get given a common level primary, secondary or heavy weapon of any variation. This weapon has no perks but it has a catch. After completing a hard mode raid, flawless trials or exceptional k/d on iron banner, (or insert end game activity here) you have the option of infusing ANY weapon (year 1 or 8 doesn't matter) and the new weapon will get the perks/element that the original weapon has. Do this a couple of times and you can build your own awesome hand cannon or whatever. This shouldn't be limited to a specific type of weapon either. For example, do you like the curse thrall explosions perk on your nechrochasm but hate how shit it is? Complete a series of tasks and infuse it into your fatebringer/hard light shotgun and voila, happy community