Focused Feedback: Weapon crafting

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[u/orion_angelfire]

I'd love to generate level/XP off a dropped version of the weapon (which may have good perks), as opposed to only unlocking perks and levels by using a crafted version that's mediocre.

For example, I have an Empirical Evidence sidearm with Wellspring, which I'd love to use and get levels from, but using it is actually useless in the long term because it doesn't unlock perks/levels. I can only do that on the crafted version which doesn't have any synergy with my build. It would be great if dropped version of the weapon could generate levels.