The finished numbers seem impressive, but just how impressive are they really ,even if the complete set had been achieved soon after they were introduced?

What else have they introduced or that you have since accomplished diminished their worthiness?

Do you even? 

Remember the difference between 9 and 10.

Use all the 'improvements'.

I would suggest they are just another sales gimmick inducement, like the improved gems.

Its just mathematically impossible to keep giving huge percent increases that have any real meaning.

I tried floor 10 node 7 at least 3,000 times i'm sure.  I came the closest and finally passed it with stats:     male   strength 2034   adjility 6758   intuition 2090  

     male Champion:  strength 2034   adjility 6758   intuition 2090  Vitality 0

Gear: bewolf's headband, right spellbound flail, enchanted trim, durable boots, celestrial ageis, and bewitched bestplate.

I finished three stars with 50.6 health.

Gear: bewolf's headband, rig4ht spellbound flail, enchanted trim, durable boots, celestrial ageis, and bewitched bestplate soulbane instead of spelbound flail and passed the floor with 81% health.  I couldn't believe it, so i did it 3 more times, and the lowest health was 71.8 when finished.  So i passed it 4 times in a row.

I then changed the champion to the female and changed stats to 1:2:1 ratio for strength, ajility and intuition, and passed it two more times with the same kind of stats.  So it doesn't matter what equipment you have, if you can afford soulbane it it well worth the 2 million runic coins.

Yes thanks. I understand curiosity,I was curious too.

You could easily be right, and though I haven't replayed the actual game much, I still collect the free materials from the store.

If you want the art of war achievement, do auto mode on floor 9 and 10, all nodes daily if you can, it will give you your 500% boosts as well as the 3250 boost.  You will need to use multiples of those to get this achievement.  As well i do it daily if i can, depending on the number of marks of resolve.  So i'm glad i don't have to watch those battles anymore, i'm sure i was dreaming frost excutioners i had done it so many times....