Epic Changes Question

[Layne]

Am i understanding these epic changes correctly. The only thing that changed is there is now a level requirement on the weapons themselves that you have to be 46 to use? A person could still MQ at level 1 if so desired to bank the weapon until 46? Sorry if the answer is somewhere else, tried sifting through the treads but 17 pages of people complaining and I didn't see any answer to the question.