Lil Empress Garb Drop Vs. Blacksmith

I've been trying to get the Lil Empress Garb drop and when I ask in the party if we can break I'm looking for the drop, people have told me to not bother it's too rare and to just use the blacksmith made one. Does the drop really not make enough difference? Every video I've watched recommends the drop rather than the blacksmith made one for a tank. Same with Rock Dragon Heavy Shield.

 

5% difference in both p/m resist. If you want max value , then hunt for the drop one. Join a random hard boss, and u can focus urself breaking the boss. This is what i do when trying to get the drop version.

 

So difficulty doesn't matter enough for drop percentages to do Ultimate or Nightmare rather than Hard? What about Normal and Easy?

 

easy: 0.1x exp, 0.1x drop, no rare items
normal: 1x exp, 1x drop
hard: 2x exp, 2x drop
nightmare: 4x exp, 3x drop, coloured weapon
ultimate: 8x exp, 5x drop, coloured weapon