Sorry. Blaming the new ranking system for the myopia of TT associations that can hire whole staffs to analyze the matches of opponents is a bit much. If people really care about ELO ranking, they can build a system to track it. China does theirs a bit differently and people still think they...
We all know she has no chance of winning any more matches barring a miracle vs Feng, who can make big matches close but usually still wins. But Lily has done more than enough already. She doesn't have to do anything more.
You play at a level where it hardly matters what you use.
Pick anything you like and have fun and learn from it. Even top players experiment with their equipment from time to time so why should you pretend your evolving style depends on what you are using that strongly?
Kanak plays in Division 1 Bundesliga. I think while he isn't 27 in the world, he is clearly a strong player who has a good record vs many good players players. His game is not flashy so his strengths are often ignored.