A new weapon level may help a lot more because I see knights that are all 5 star, yet they still have trouble fighting monsters. How this would work is:
1.Level 10 5* gear
2. 35,000 crown recipe
3. 1000 energy
4. Transmute
The new level wont be a HUGE change, but power, speed, abilities, and defense will go up.
Tell me what you guys think.
If people have five star gear and still don't do well, then maybe they need to get better at the game. For the most part, it's not the gear you have. It's what you do with it.
Example: You have equipment which gives you a lot of life, yet you keep on running through traps because you are too impatient to wait for them to retract before going through. You also have a 5* shield. You never use it. Eventually you die. Whose fault was it?
If the core would finally open up and reveal more depths to explore, then a new level of equipment would be acceptable. Otherwise, adding a new equipment star would merely make the game infinitely easier.
You should always have some trouble fighting monsters. You don't wanna take out the little challange this game has in it. Move, chop chop chop, block, repeat. Easy enough. It's not about having higher star gear all the time, it's about having the right gear. you might have full valkyrie armor, but on vanaduke, your freind with a maricle cloak and hood will probabaly survive much better. If you gear is all 5 star level 10, then make some new gear.