User blog comment:TheSt0ryTeller/Quote (Caption) Contest Restart - Week 1/@comment-5388838-20120728124835/@comment-4829046-20120729115015

I hate that the sword of Altair, which has remained strong for centuries gets such low stats. The good thing about ACR is that you can choose which high stat armour or weapon you like since there are mutiple high stat armour to choose from. Also did you know that I unlocked Master Assassin Armour in the very beginning of the game? I had full stats from the beginning but I still had to buy several sets of armour so I had to constantly visit the hideout so I could regain the high stat armour. So you could say that by giving you unlimited access to any where in Istanbul except for the one you need to do a mission for they allowed us to get the high stat armour and make the fighting a breeze.