It's just legendary stuff that's becoming useless. You should have been able to figure that out on your own just by reading the ascending option on your weapons and armor.. It clearly states. "Increase the Attack value of this Weapon to the highest available in [b]Year 1[/b]" (For weapons) Or "Increase the Defense value of this armor to the highest available in [b]Year 1[/b]" (For Armor) They don't put that wording there for nothing.