Aerondight - Why the devs decided to let you to use it instead of take it away?

[Shivansps]

Aerondight - Why the devs decided to let you to use it instead of take it away?

This is something i keep wondering over and over again, specially after W3 B&W, its clear to me that Saskia takes the sword with her in the prologue, the sword just magically returns, it may be a bug or a last minute desicion... as you get diagrams for a basic silver sword right after landing on Flotsam, to me it looks like it was intended that Aerondight had to be taken away.

 

[Guest 3847602]

When you import TW1 save your silver sword (Aerondight or Moonblade) will return to your inventory without any explanation.
If you play without save import you'll lose your silver sword after that scene, receive a diagram when you land outside Flotsam and get a sidequest (A Sword for Monsters) to craft a new one.
Why they decided to let us keep our TW1 swords? I guess they didn't want to punish those players who worked their asses off to obtain them by permanently taking them away in a cutscene. Newcomers don't have that kind of attachment to equipment.

 

[jmcal11]

It would make a specific bit of Witcher 3 make more sense though.