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Yes, the stats on the new items were designed to "fill in the gaps" of the vanilla selection. They were meant to provide modifiers that were lacking on certain item types, or to support builds that were not catered to before. Without it you're stuck with basically 1 armor set per aspect, and a weapon selection that pretty much favors either 1h melee or 2h ranged. I'd never go back myself, but I like to help people enjoy the game the way they want.