I bought the recipe for the boots (Alphoi Trooper Boots) and one ingredient is the boots that everyone has been trying to get in Empyrea (the Fiery Paradox Boots for me). I finally got the boots! So I put then on and compared them to the recipe. The stats are exactly the same!
It's supposed to be like that. KI gave people who didn't want to repeatedly farm the husk bosses for a chance to drop the gear an option to craft 'em instead,