It would at least buy them some time. Right now I am hitting the wall in that getting any legendary is so infrequent I am effectively maxed out. Even though some of the legendaries I have clearly are badly rolled they are still head and shoulders above the masterworks power wise so I am stuck using the few I have for powers I am less fond of. They should have it that once you hit masterwork gear level then just flip legendaries for masterworks in the drop table and masterworks for purples. Purple and blue drops with the gear I have are worse than useless. They are literally there to waste my time in deconstructing them.