Funny. I remember when people complained about being stuck with pre-set weapons, unlike every other expansion before, and how some didn’t like X or Y Weapon representing A or B class/spec.
Typical case of inability to please everyone. It’s much easier to make some unimportant neck-piece rather than Weapons, which is one of (if not THE) slot most players would consider the most in almost every way.
Just be happy that the potential for relic-quests may still be a filler-avenue down the road, given the Shadow Priest Weapon still had a rather important sub-plot despite also being drained.