v.157 - Shining Star Update Highlights

I noticed it doesn't say anything about your equipment turning into equipment traces when it is destroyed.
So is all pre-enhanced accessory (not armor/weapon) a bit weaker than post star force enhancement due to the first few stars only giving defense/hp?

I assume the traces weren't mentioned because these are just the highlights. It should be in the detailed update notes.

I don't know about pre-enhanced accessories, nor other items for that matter. EE's, on anything but weapon, gave random stats. I think that on weapons too, it was only the attack that was a fixed value.
I do wonder whether we will be seeing a table of exactly how many of what stats every star gives, so we could decide whether it's worth it to destroy something and re-enhance it, or not.