I personally am not a fan of class items giving any stats at all. Because it will quickly go to "optimization"-route, where everyone has to buy certain class item or get kicked off the raid. I always saw Class items as something to tell you apart from other guardians, sort of decorations. Plus 90% of them are ugly crap, especially the legendary ones, so it was nice that I could use the rares from level 6 instead.
So why this change really? Do you like class items giving you light and stats? Or would you rather have it as something you can have as decoration?
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I like the new system. Every item you equip shoukd matter.