Power Replace Defenses

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Why do Power Replace items have no Defense values on them? I get that they're supposed to be weapons and primarily meant to increase your damage, but even things which offer +20 or more to your primary superstat usually offer level-competitive defense buffs. I'm curious what drove this decision and whether anyone else feels like power-replace items for most power sets (Particularly the ones which are like '6.5% to do damage' replaces) are outshined by items which give +Defense and typically much better +Stats.