Its funny actually referenced KOTOR in my concept on adding new stats/abilities

Ah, so you did! That's one of the things that really stood out in my mind for those games. I really hope they do something along those lines. Probably not, since the developers really wanted to show off their own exotic designs. I would hope that we could, through sufficient gameplay, modify a weapon to the level that the exotics are modified, perhaps through the use of exotic-level attachments & accessories. In that way we could create an exotic weapon of our own for future generations to discover...