Keeping year one gear viable is not the same as using year one gear for the ten year lifespan. I see nothing wrong with adding year 2 gear to the current arsenal.. Then I have a choice of whether I want to use my 365 VOC or this year 2 scout rifle that just dropped. This also challenges the devs to make cool weaponry that will entice me to want to trade in my vision of confluence for a year two scout. If the year 2 gun is the only option, then not only am I forced to use a gun that I may not prefer, but the designers of these new weapons are not forced to continue being creative with gun design because they don't need to create something that I'm enticed into using(see shank and dreg burn POE weapons if you still don't get what I'm saying)