Hm, maybe but …
“The purpose of the Awakening system is to, over time, take the hundreds of Epic quality items the game has that have largely fallen out of favor in the endgame and give them a second lease on life. Why have all this wonderful art and itemization if they serve no practical purpose? With the release of Fangs of Asterkarn, we plan to transform many of our existing Epics into Legendaries, and we intend to continue doing so with subsequent updates. Whether we eventually cover every Epic in the game remains to be seen, but you can see the potential for years to come.”
Might not end up filtering out much of anything by the time Crate finishes. Atm it’s only Epic items that are L82 and higher, but that doesn’t mean they may change their minds and allow lower level Epics to be Awakened in the future.