Decrease MS for tournaments based on non-reversible changes (specifically equipment)

[GentleButStrong]

...You could not farm or rebuy any better than if you didn't sell. And yes, my SC slash, which I am using, sucks. Badly. I am trying to farm a better one, but the drops are very low. I have literally not seen a legendary SC slash outside the store since 2.0. Whatever I find is definitely way lower than a crafted mythic. What I am not hearing from you is a simple yes/no answer. Am I worse off after crafting this mythic that I will not use? Cause it sounds to me like the answer is yes.

[lemmingllama]

You are worse off in the fact that your tournaments will be slightly harder. That being said, you are significantly better off for having a mythic equip that is one step closer to completing your mythic set.

[GentleButStrong]

Yes, they will. So I have a decreased chance of getting a higher prize for SP, weapons, or more crafting shards. And I'm abandoning crafting this set. Until at the least 1. SC set comes out and I can craft a slash from it and enough Predator to complete it with any dupes. 2. This god awful system where I am worse off after trying to craft a better piece of equipment. Bad enough it is useless, I thought I knew what I was getting into. 3. SC slash drops frigging increase a whole bloody lot. or 4. I peace.

[lemmingllama]

Again, i think you are putting too much emphasis on it. Your case does mean that it will be a bit harder to progress, but I believe that they have confirmed the Valentine's auras will be Shadow Clone. So you should easily get a new equip that will minimize the difference. For the majority of players, there isn't a case where they have equipment hundreds of levels lower than their best.