why no mention of r/e/m

[FrankReynolds]

If RME stayed on top, don't you think everyone would be using the exact same weapon anyways?

No. Look at what you just said. You named three weapons that more or less happily coexisted for a long time and in the same sentence implied that there can only be one good weapon. Think about it. If there can be three, there can be 4, 5,6, ~.

Opening up some of the better weapon skills through WOE and possibly allowing more merits in the WS category would allow them to add a broad range of weapons that could at least be close enough to each other to allow for numerous options not just from endgame, but even AH type things. It's really not that hard to do. They have just created barriers for themselves.