I wouldn’t hold my breath, this has come up at least a dozen time over the past years. In those cases where the community received an answer the issue always needed “just a bit more thought to get it right”. As much as I remember the weapon upgrade question eventually got banned from Q&A sessions.
Hey, I even managed to dig up one of my rants when the design flaws first became apparent: https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/remove-detrimental-traits-from-weapon-forging/40840. June 2018, almost time for a second “Happy Birthday”.