Light level and damage clarifications. (?) (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Thursday, August 20, 2015, 14:00 (3481 days ago) @ dogcow

Your Light score is an average of the Attack and Defense values across all of your currently equipped gear. A higher Light score improves both your damage output and your defense.

So, sounds to me like equipping armor with greater defense will increase your light level which will therefore increase both your damage output and your defense.

If it works the way I think, the wording is bad. If it works the way the wording literally says, then we now have three things that are part of the calculation for damage dealt: level (are you below enemy level), weapon attack power, and the light level. As such, you really could do more damage by putting on better armor.

I am thinking they meant: "A higher light level is representative of a higher damage output and defense". It's not the light that is making you do more damage, it's the higher attack power, which in turn raises the light level. It's essentially a "useless" stat now, whereas light did something meaningful before (raised your level).

Again, if the wording is literally correct then it's even more confusing, and I just don't even.