From Nick:

"We appreciate your feedback

We appreciate your feedback on these new changes and will be monitoring the response and in-game behavior closely.

The idea with the Chaos set is to create a 'glass cannon' style of play. Before this change we felt that it was more glass than cannon. It's possible the buffs were too much and we'll be, as mentioned, examining the feedback. Other sets that seem 'obsolete' now as a result of this change are being evaluated. Please continue a (civil) discussion.

Thanks."

Nick says that the existing idea from the Chaos Set comes from creating a glass cannon style of play. A glass cannon means a "really offensive with really low defense" gameplay, varying on the genre of the game. Right now, the Chaos Set offers high elemental and normal defense, along with a noticeable status weakness. Offensively, it upgrades all weapons to CTR max when they are at heat lv 10.

Right now, it has better stats than the Mad Bomber suit, with only a few status effects of relative non-importance, and it even surpasses Vog Cub Set performance wise. In the case of Shadowsun Set, it is also better in performance. These two sets have added status resistances to counter that, something that doesn't appear in every situation.

As such, I think that Chaos Set doesn't really belong as a "glass cannon" set. It is an armored suit with life pluses and status weaknesses, that performs really well, but not perfect, with each and every weapon. Why not perfectly? You can't from lv 1 have a Max Ctr.

Chaos Set has to remain a glass cannon set, design wise, but right now it just performs as a "power suit". So, I would like to propose to take the "glass cannon" approach to 100% and change the stats to this:

- Charge Time Reduction: High
- Damage Bonus Increase: High

This would allow it to reach Max in these two stats from a lv 1 weapon. In exchange:

- Defense: Normal, as a Proto Suit.
- Life Bonus: Negative, as a Proto Suit.
- Status Protection: Negative Maximum! to each piece.

This would turn Chaos Set into the "true glass cannon" set of armor and give a different perspective from the game, usually just taken by people who challenge dungeons in Proto Armor. I think it would be a fun addition, and give the true feeling that people expect when going to get Chaos Set.

As an addendum, I would also like to suggest that Swiftstrike Buckler, the "glass cannon" shield, would follow a similar approach and would be turned into a 5* shield, if necessary exchange the conditions of getting it even so.

- HP of the shield should be 1.
- Normal defense, though same as Proto Shield, HP 1 from shield also makes it just for show stat wise.
- Attack Increase Speed from all weapons: Max.

Allowing best handling of weapons but rendering shield only for shield bumps, would be preferred for those that wish "dual wielding" was in the game. Joined with a "true glass cannon" Chaos Set, would give a wonderful fresh breath gameplay wise as a "Heaven or Hell" type of gameplay.