I get what you're saying, but weapons in Destiny don't have [i]levels[/i]; they have level [i]requirements[/i], which is an important distinction. It's been implied from the beggining that once players finish the "tutorial" levels (1-20), they're free to use whatever they want. Player level has always been the most important factor, you know? Legendary weapons are the "standard" weapons, and have always been intended as such. Because of that, why should "new" [u]standard[/u] weapons be more powerful than "old" [u]standard[/u] weapons? They're all still technically "lvl20" weapons, in that sense.