No additional options?

But then on the other hand, what's the point of even having a defense stat if like, almost everyone is capable of just ignoring it?

This goes into a very complex area. You have a defense stat, you have skills and other things that ignore it. You could say you may as well remove the stat and the stuff that ignores it.

But also as you level up your skills or you gain an item or whatever your character slowly becomes more powerful on its own without having to spend stupid amounts of cash. You feel like you're actually becoming more powerful the more you level without changing your equips or anything.


Think character progression in a game filled to the brim with it through (mostly) cash-only means. I like it even if it doesn't really make a difference whether we are all running around with near 100% ignore or if the system wasn't even in place.