Update 39 - A Video, Playable Demo, E3 & Galleon Minerva

I thought it sounded picky to me, and well...that's about it. You're multiquoting me like I just did some defamation of character or something here. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, but I think we were still having a discussion? I was a little more short than usual with my post because I've been in the hospital recently and I apologize for that. I usually talk out my points a lot more.

Armor is more important than that in Souls games. Not as much in Bloodborne, but it is in the other games. Your damage, element and especially status resistances can easily mean life or death, certainly if you're in one of the status effect themed areas. Poise is also a really big thing in Dark 1-3, it's the reason that equip burden is even a thing. They did away with that in Bloodborne since armor wasn't as strong, but still has its place with balance of resistances. Even still, if you've managed to play long enough to get all the armors, you've likely found your own unique way to circumvent taking damage from enemies (dodging, ranged attacks, moving past them in the level, other cleverness, etc), so then you can wear more of what you would like.

In Bloodstained, I'm under the impression that more things will be "good" than not, either by improved balance than in the older days or by upgrades via crafting. Seeing that, I don't think a "look one way, but have another way's" stats system would be all that necessary. If it's an easy thing to program and identify, and doesn't cause any hiccups or problems otherwise with game modes or multiplayer or whatnot, then sure I guess. I didn't think such wording would put you over the edge like that, my apologies.