They said they wanted us to VALUE things. Well you can't VALUE something you can't USE. If we can't level up weapons to the point where they are USEFUL for our level of play, then what's the point? There is no point in "experimenting" with a weapon that you can't level up, because many perks DRAMATICALLY alter the perfomance of a weapon. So you are not making an informed choice about a weapon until you see how it performs WITH those perks. Bottomlline is that they made changes the showed a DEEPLY flawed understanding of how their own game is actually being played.