I was responding to the op's list of importance. On my list I have mod components over enhancement cores. On your second point, you are correct but if you want to use that weapon or armor piece to infuse something else, you lose that mod and get nothing. Second, if you just don't want that mod anymore and you dismantle it, guess what? You only get 1 mod component back out of the 10 you spent. A year 2 weapon costs 17 cores to fully masterwork. Don't want that weapon anymore or just need the cores? Dismantle it and get a decent 7 cores back. Mods and mod components could use a boost in availability and what you get back when dismantling stuff.