To be fair, I believe there have been a number of suggestions in how things could be adjusted (some lock-related, some not) e.g. Poll: Do you like the crafting system? - #313 by brosgw
The problem, IMO, with the proposed update to weapon crafting is that it barely changes anything. It is a little more flexible, but it seems like such a small improvement that I have to ask if it was even worth the dev time (this was the first thing that popped into my head, reading the changes 
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EDIT: and I say this as someone who doesn’t really give a damn about locks being in the game or not. I’m enjoying playing the game, the equipment is secondary to that.