Originally Posted by
Lotak
The reason why it is more beneficial to max Crius than a non+ legendary is because of the time and the cost. 1 and 2* armours are easy to max and take around 1/3 of the points than a 3 or 4*. As well, the stats for non+ armours are only marginally better than those of the Big4+. I was thinking along the same lines as you a few weeks back, but came to the realisation that its really not beneficial to max a non+ armour simply because the cost FAR exceeds the benefits.
It is much better to allocate your resources in trying to get Swamp Shaman, Armour of Infernal Lord and Dark Prince Armour (all +) to max level, which is what I'm doing.
The only reason why anyone would want to level these non+ legendaries is simply due to the elemental combination. So for example, the new ninja armour, Spirit+Earth is significantly better than the farmable Chimera Corps Uniform, however it is significantly poorer than the equivalent Wicked Wraith+ armour, which can be obtained from combinations!