While I was at Fan Fair I sat in on some panels that I normaly dont go to, one was the Vanguard lore panel. They showed everyone there Epics. Now as we all know each game has there Epics but there idea was that the epic is a soul crystal with a bound warrior ect in the crystal and they fit into slots on weapons so it doesnt matter what wepon you have, it looks like the Epic weapon, if you have your crystal in the slot and it has all the states, effects ect added to your weapon.
I just thought It would be cool after all the work to get your Epic's if when you get something better later on you can still have your Epic look. Like in EQ if you were a SK and could have wour weapon look like your cool Epic 1.0 but have whatever you are weilding now.
I just thought it was cool.