Blue Darksteel vs Purple Knight

As usual, I had wanted to write something on the Darksteel set, but I kept procastinating. However, I'll put what I know into this blog, since it is now rather urgent.

Hithere just launched an event where you collect lucky ribbons to be traded for prizes.
2000 ribbons can get you a purple knight suit.
1000 ribbons can get you a blue darksteel suit.

I shall be comparing those 2 suits, so you can quickly decide which is a better reward to claim for this event.

Purple Knight :
The min level to wear the suit is level 59.
Each item gives 2 stats (42 or 43) .
The armor bonus on each item is equivalent of 71.5 DEF stat (average 286 armor).
The suit bonus is 1000 HP + 43 STR + 43 DEF.
So it gives a total of 868.5 stats and 1000 HP, applicable to contest and military.
For politician, it is 511 stats.

Blue Darksteel :
The min level to wear the suit is level 70.
Each item gives 1 primary stat (34 or 35) and 2 secondary military only stats.
The armor bonus averages 350, similar to the Mammoth set. It translate to 87.5 DEF stat.
The suit bonus is 1300 HP + 105 ATK + 140 Speed.
The 140 speed came as a surprise, since it translate to 46 stats instead of 35.
Overall, it gives 1036 stats and 1300 HP for military.
For contest, it's value is only 691 stats and 1300 HP.
Political stats total is 172.5.


Summary ::

	Military	Contest	Political
Purple Knight	868.5 stat + 1000 HP	868.5 stat + 1000 HP	511 stat
Blue Darksteel	1036 stat + 1300 HP	691 stat + 1300 HP	172.5 stat

Intangibles :
The purple knight has a lower level requirement.
Only the purple gaiter can be found in regular game (via top legguard box).
The blue darksteel set is NOT BoE.
The blue darksteel set can be found from hunting blue maps.

Overall :
Granted that the purple knight set might be rare, but the stats, especially for military is overwhelming for the blue darksteel. This is especially true for non paying players, and offers a great chance to level the playing field. I strongly recommend getting the blue darksteel set over the purple knight, and if you can get 2000 ribbons, trade for two blue darksteel set instead of one purple knight.

Acknowledgements :
I am writing this blog in between waves of hunting for those ribbons. So I had help on some research. Thanks to pectrox for spotting the stats for purple knight and Stephanie for the stats of blue darksteel.

Good hunting.