Why do people want a 141 defense shako vs a 129 defense shako? That 12 defense isn't game changing, but people will still pay a premium for an upgrade to something better.
Now imagine a case where a new latent sunder is like upgrading from a Lore to a Shako. It's a nice bonus, but it's not absolutely insane increase.
It's just nice to have a better item. It's as simple as that. And some of them can Have 60+ life which is life that can be BO'd, so that's like 200+ extra life.
thats not remotely the same tho
12 defense isnt the same as 100% ed on a bvc or a bow ama, its super game-changing, especially for pvp