[Snake]

At best I'd see the wooden katana becoming a starter weapon. What I dislike is the small selection of starter guns. Not everyone wants to have a handgun early game.

It'd be more neat if we had other 1* items for Rifles, Scythes, Launchers and Shotguns. It would add to the game, rather than subtract.

I always will see 1* items as an introduction to the further gimmicks and item effects for what the weapon will be. Like for example, how axes suffer from low accuracy but higher power, swords being all-rounders, polearms being high hit but low damage, etc.