Basically I'm building anew from Theory.
To begin, I'm an old fart. I am a PvE enthusiast who started back in beta several months before official launch, and my idea/dream set was always the Azure Guard set. After release I was able to make and craft it several times over (which i didn't, but.. you know. I had the resources.), but the game's world changed. I'd successfully completed my Aegis and Levi when the update that changed the common damage type from Normal/Elemental to Piercing/Elemental came, so after I made my Azure set I worked up to obtain both Skolver and V. Salamander. But now, things have changed again.
With the reworking and upgrading of challenge areas/danger rooms I was forced to consider something more practical. I took several things into consideration: 1) Normal element attacks almost NEVER hit me, EVER, and if they do my Aegis is up. 2) Alpha Wolver cheap-shots are freaking annoying and snag most of my health. 3) Gun Puppies and turret-based monsters are my arch-nemeses in t2 and t3 areas.
So, I devised this set in theory for general all-tier usage: (for the tl;dr you can read from here)
Divine Veil
Dragon Scale Mail
Aegis (or Grey Owlite Shield, it's interchangable)
----------(3-weapon Mid-range hybrid Swordsman build weapons, optional disregard)
Final Flourish
Iron Slug
Leviathan
Can anyone foresee any major drawbacks from this kind of a set during regular PvE runs? Also, am I thinking on the right track?
You don't have any normal protection on your helmet or armor. Even on Stratum 6, normal damage is still being dealt a lot, mixed in with non-normal damage. Are you sure that no normal damage is reaching you? And when you said "Normal element", did you mean "normal damage" or "normal and elemental"?