this might sound odd “why would a high level player be interested in a low level weapon?” you may be asking, well its because of the stat requirements and changing builds.
lets say you’re a bow user, you get a good bow in the beginning, low level stat requirements, you bring this bow with you the whole game this bow is your baby, you’ve upgraded it constantly any chance you get, but after all this time bows getting a little tiring, and those dual daggers look great. “ooo lets try that weapon” but you are level 24, and you put all your points into stamina and health. cause you didn’t need to level Dex to use your cherished bow. now your options are to just go back to the bow or eat a 26 point downgrade in stats you’ve played with the whole game in order to handle the 36 Dex requirement of your new shiny daggers.
TLDR i think if one player bought a high level weapon that they put the work in to have 36 strength then they deserve it. so if a player is willing to spend a large chuck of resources and money to upgrade a level 1 weapon 12 times they deserve their high level weapon just as much. let them