Quote Originally Posted by Rukkirii View Post
Hello Insaniac!

I forwarded your question to the dev. team and they informed me that there are no plans in making the stats and the weapon skill damage different between the two stages of the weapons. The difference between the two will be the afterglow and the visual effect.

I hope that helps clear some confusion!
Thank you RuRu! This is the answer I and a lot of my relic friends were hoping for!