Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-5573466-20130505204212/@comment-8284783-20130517170519

As someone else mentioned, what they seem to be doing with weapons now is that they shore up the character's weak stats.

For example, you have Episode Flamewar with crappy ATK but good HP and DEF. Then her weapon will give amazing ATK but just ok HP and DEF.

Since the rewards for this event all have ridiculous ATK but only average HP and DEF, they put more focus on those stats in the weapons.

While it might seem bad at first, it does give you well-rounded characters that can take a lot more punishment and thus might get 1-2 more attacks off before dying (I know that Razorclaw with his weapon is still pretty beast). Also don't forget equipping a signature weapon gives its owner an extra 15% to all stats, so you end up with decent bonuses anyway.