To be clear, the change to Armor Stats and Set Bonuses is planned to go live with the launch of Frontiers, not Revenant.
From Developer Insight - Next Generation Armor posted yesterday (emphasis added):
[quote]REWORKED STAT MECHANICS
Stats on armor will be changing [i]in Codename: Frontiers[/i] in order to make them more player friendly.[/quote]
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