Yeah I don’t understand how their system even allows locking of stats, in any other game it works like you said, there’s a base weapon value independent of any modifications. I think what also is tricky is the T4 crafting thralls because they alone can lock in stats and they don’t grant +5 or +6 its a percentage based on the base weapon value. They would need to remove T4 crafters and mods entirely to fix the locking damage without remaking their entire crafting system. Which honestly would “buff” legendary weapons and items by the gap alone between crafted and legendary.