What. The. ***. ***. That. ***. Why. So *** stupid.
Dood. Seriously. That's straight up horse ***.
For all intents and purposes those weapons are basically impossible to get. That's a huge cockblock for a new player. It takes less time to farm a rema than it does to get lucky on a pulse weapon.
Very lame on the implementation. I've done over 2000 Aellos and have never once seen an HQ sword. The price of those mats are gonna skyrocket as soon as servers go up, and it's basically a race to get them before then. Good for you if you've upgraded them for lockstyle previously (I have two), but for everyone else, expect rema prices at this point to upgrade the final stage.
Super duper whack and this is why there is always such a gap between new players and vets. They pull out stuff like this and think this is intended to help players...