The only problem for me really, is the usefulness of those upgraded weapons.

The baseline ones are perfectly fine as catch-up gear, but for the EX Trial, we already have a 760 weapons from a month ago with the Relic grind. We basically don't have anywhere to apply those EX Trial weapons unless you're a /very/ late Savage enjoyer. I could think about the cosmetic value, but they are very similar to the baseline ones.

IMO those late Arkveld weapons should've been slightly better than crafted weapons for the next patch, just to give some reason to gear them up.