When L50 campaign was the highest cap release, shadow sets were worth about 1.5m a set (after they nerfed drop rates and some time passed). In these days, 1.5m was a lot considering very few people had even close to a gold cap.
Thus, as a way to entertain bored end-gamers & give an effective set for those who cannot afford shadow/AOIII sets, they released these sets. Also, back in those days, the shadow set bonus was not added until later.
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Yeah, it's completely just a pride thing these days considering the time needed to get the set advances you high enough to get the next gear up. However, it is a guaranteed gear set (gotta be lucky to farm good drops) so it's a way to have something to work for if you enjoy such things.
They were released midway into the L50 campaign. You said that the purpose confused you, so I gave you the reason as to why they created them. 1000 days from that date, the purpose will still remain the same so your quote is non-applicable.
If I can help you with anything else, let me know.
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