I don't know about anyone else, but I'm sitting on tons of weapons I crafted, and I have zero time or interest in leveling them up to 13 or 16 to actually make the gun I want to make. It would be great if you could use a certain amount of shards or planetary materials to gain levels in addition to just using the weapons.
-
Anybody remember how in d1 gear didn't even have its perks activated when it dropped unless you leveled it or fed it a bunch of motes of light? I don't miss that AT ALL.