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I disagree with that; I think it punishes people for building DEF. It would be significantly better than it is now, since equipment def usually makes up about 30-70% of someone's total DEF (6-8 if Unarmored, 13-15 Light, 18-20 Heavy without enchants), and has no apparent hard counter to it. I'd say it would be okay if piercing weapons had significantly lower stats than average, but they don't. This is exacerbated by the existence of the Rebellion enchantment, which would make it piss easy to kill people who stack DEF solely by virtue of being able to ignore their work with a simple counter (most people with high DEF cannot dodge). A piercing weapon should reward someone for thinking correctly and discourage extreme equipment stacking, not punish people for having good gear.