I've been running across alot and I do mean ALOT of junk weapons. I have about 3 crates of them. There should be a way to refine them, or smelt them down to base metals or pixels. If this is already implemented in a way, I haven't found it yet. Is this something that's to be worked on, or am I unaware of something that's already there?
Or researched for their properties, once researched, you can then add that poison effect to your sword through crafting. Like that swing speed? research it and improve the one you have.
+1 for breaking them down and learning from them. Could be a way to gain additional crafting resources or even segway into Enchanting.
Not only are almost all of the currently implemented weapons devastatingly useless, but the weapons dropped don't even correspond to the weapons they were killing you with.
Overall I think the idea should be this: Find a junk weapon. Your options are: 1. Dismantle them or sell them to a merchant for pixels. 2. Smelt them for a metal ingot. 3. Research the properties of the item so other items can be enchanted later. Doing any of these things would destroy the item of course, but it's better than having crates filled with items you don't even want.
theres only like 5 different properties anyway, it wont make much of a difference. Also I wouldn't take one for one metal bar anyway