[Carding]

That idea has some merit...

You could introduce weapon enhancement, e.g. ruin + X ingot = might, might + Y = force etc.

With a cap that you cannot go past Vanq (doing this would really imbalance PvP)

This would give the blacksmiths something extra to do, give the hunters even more business (can sell lowbie magic weapons more easily) and increase the proliferation of usable weapons for PvP and PvM.

I prefer this to anything resembling "better than Vanq" craftables...