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That would completely invalidate any reason to upgrade from fafnir. It makes so much more sense if they either added the scroll stats to the item from the 160's base, which is incredibly OP (although apparently justified given how many people see untradeable and go away), OR if they just replaced 160 stats with the scroll stats which would not only retain the power difference between empress and fafnir after the upgrade it would also leave you with the level ups to gain the ridiculous bonuses, as well as the boss and ignore you gain from leveling the weapon, AND the set eff is much better than fafnir's because of the enormous all stat and w.att gain. I don't know how the slots would be affected by either instances though, and there are obviously some equipments that don't have fafnir equivalents so empress is the only option.

Too many of you are underestimating this system, it makes the set totally viable and it saves so much money in the end. Even if you do have to recube, as long as you have legendary you're fine...

I'd agree with you, but that still doesn't change the fact that it clashes with tyrant AND dojo gloves, which I'm leaning towards being too much of a loss to be worth the trouble. Especially if you've got like 10+ stars on your tyrant gear.