There are a few, such as Limited Items (which are purchased with Godfather Points) or Loyalty Items (which are purchased with Loyalty Points). There are some Drops or Crafting items that come close much later on. The items that you can gain from doing the Calendars also have decent stats.
For you man, its all about gifting, crafting and boss drops. Gifts are almost everything when it comes to crafting. YOu pretty much have to stay ahead of what you need to craft. YOu go into your stockpile and workshop. Check what is needed for the next craft. If there is any question. you can check one of the threads here and it will tell you what the mystery ingredients are...
I'm don't understand why the crating helmets in Palermo would have a higher att/def than the mechanical suit in Miami, it should be the other way around! Helcomm 29 Attack 33 Defense Mechanical Suit 27 Attack 31 Defense Unless the mechanical suit will be re-crafted later with a higher att/def but for now - doesn't make any sense!
The difference is, that the Mech suit is crafted of Job item & Hellcom of Boss item. The Boss item crafts are always stronger than the Job item crafts (at similar lvl of course)
Boss min. dmg kill reward drops (dont mix up with attack drop items) are stronger at a lvl than Job drops. Also the crafted Boss min. dmg items are stronger than crafted job items.
so what's the point of crafting then? can't i just get a bunch of boss drops and not worry about crafting? just wondering.