Bumping for great justice. There really is no reason not to let us infuse our Year 1 gear except to make us grind for the new stuff. Which is still quite a grind, btw; sad when I get rares that are more powerful than some exotics and most legendaries (which go into them, I know, that's the point of the system I guess). Having to pay money and materials to put a [better thing with shitty perks] into a [shitty thing with better perks] to make it a [slightly-less-shitty thing with good perks] is a needless hassle. I guess it might have been supposed to give us more versatility, in a way , but since most of the gear seems to share the same handful of perks, that kind of takes away from such a purpose.