I suppose I'm just in the category of players that the weapon crafting system just wasn't tailored too. I used my starting 2 Alloy and... haven't used it since. I main an HC this season with Lucky Pants; and with no HC patterns, I just opted for Crimson. Energy slot is my Glaive which just gets Reshaped and has only been reshaped when I was at the level for something I wanted and now it's pretty much done. Maybe I just haven't gotten to a point when I need to use more Alloy to be crafting more frequently, or I just don't use the system as much as they intended lol