Why do people not use 4th Anniv Weapons IX and Heaven Feather Garb?

4th Anniv Weapons IX mostly have the highest attack, and they seem to have high potential, same with Heaven Feather Garb and Defense. So why is it that in every level cap youtube video I watch to learn about equipment they're using Lil Empress Weapons and Soldier Armor or Adventurer's Garb? You should be able to stat both items the same way right?

 

1. The videos might have been from before the 4th Anniversary event
2. They might not have had the money to change to new armor (Adventure's Garb is like 3x cheaper)... and for some dps, higher def doesn't really matter

 

Some people have invested into refines and slots for their Lil Empress weapons but have not invested into comparable Anniversary Weapons yet, especially those waiting for +20 stats before making the switch.
The defense stats on armor make little to no difference, so it is generally better to buy a cheaper armor like Lil Empress Armor as long as it has sufficient potential.

 

In regards to armor, if you're aiming for survivability Heaven Feather Garb is an excellent choice. If you're aiming for fast kills/more massive damage any full crit gear regardless of DEF will do.

 

Armor defense is a scam. Def and Mdef won't matter anyway since most DPS can't get a high enough amount for it to be significant.

 

I'm using the NPC version anniv Staff, anniv sword and anniv katana for my chars. Heaven feathers garb drop version for my mage if I'm in tanky mode against light and dark bosses. And yeah defense doesn't really matter. Well if you want the easiest but best reward from def/mdef, 1250 def/mdef is the sweet spot, its relatively easy to reach if you have someone with Gloria although no one really uses it these days. Else, 250 Def/mdef is sufficient. 250 Def/mdef offers 20% damage reduction, while 1250 def/mdef is a 30% damage reduction. Gloria adds 200% def/mdef so it basically triples your def/mdef.
If you want to hoard some unstatted anniv gears its best to do it before cap 200.

 

For 4th Anniv weapons: Depend on classes, some work well with npc version (katana/ staff/ magic device) while some work well with player craft version. Heaven feather garb (boss drop/npc) is a most useful garb for both DPS/tank, it give you a lot of health, mana, atk, matk, resistance against dark/light/neutral and -revive time. And for defense. It helps a lot in early game (<lvl 140)while in late game it pretty much useless.

Depends on you, you can stat or store those playercraft items/armor before price inflation after cap 200.

 

Def is not even relevant on this game (most of the time) and also why buy ridiculously expensive armour when the cheaper one provides almost the same stats to begin with.

Same goes with weapons, even a measly +1 attack difference cost almost additional 1m or more when the total attack given by the slightly high attack weapon when refined to +S is just 3 damage difference. It is beyond ridiculous tbh.

Anyway, people are now aware about the incoming 200 cap so they are just saving their funds and not gonna spend that much atm.

 

since unstatted anniv weapons are expensive one can go for these yashiro weapons which can be crafted by players although the weap atk is slightly lower

 

Lil empress Armor is easy craft plus she one of the leveling boss, thus the material always available.

And weapon BS is less than you expected, this become more obvious after limit break implement, because most of the CraftBS level is 120-150. So in future will getting more and more difficult to get a high attack with max potential weapon/armor.