Vid, I don't contest any of your points. They're all quite reasonable and sound. I only present that it is possible to complete this weapon alone given enough time, even in spite of the fact that there are dramatically better uses of your time. I think the end result is meant to be more of a long term goal requiring less group effort, whereas a primal/coil weapons are an immediate solution to an out-of-date weapon.

I just have the feeling that, even though it may not be the case now, the weapon will at some point be worth having. I want to believe that. And so I put the work in, slowly but surely. Someday we'll know the answer to that one way or another.