Cloak Enchantment and Tailoring Masterwork with different digits ... confusing

01/25/2019 14:59
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I took 2 Common Cloaks, Durability 100.

The FIRST started with Armor Enchantment:
0 --> +1
Choosing +2,6 Dex --> Durability 90
+1 --> +2
Choosing +2,7 Str --> Durability 80

After that I used Tailoring Masterwork:
+2 --> +4
Choosing +21,4% Damage Resistance --> Durability 65
+4 --> +6
Choosing +2,9 Damage Avoidance --> Durability 55

--> First enchantment was WITHOUT Ring of Chrysopoeia!


The SECOND started with Tailoring Masterwork:
0 --> +2
Choosing +21,4% Damage Resistance --> Durability 85
2 --> +5
Choosing +4,4% Attack Speed --> Durability 75
I wondered about the +5?

After that I used Armor Enchantment:
+5 --> +6
Choosing +2,6 Dexterity --> Durability 65
+6 --> +7
Choosing +2,7 Intelligence --> Durability 55


For better understanding:
1. What's the reason to receive a +6 and a +7, even I did the same procedure using the same amount of Gold/Silver?

2. Why is masterwork raising 2 points??? Months before it was only +1 each successful try and we knew: +1 is exceptional, after that it counted up +1.
What are those digits telling? It's difficult to compare items since it changed ...


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I thought that the + number was based on the rarity or better things it applied, I could be wrong but that is what I was seeing.

 

I want to give a few more examples, what I am talking about:

Before changes, if an item was crafted exceptional, it got +50 Durability, and it was named +1
Cotton Epic Cloth Boots +1
Augmented Leather Boots +1

NOW if it is crafted exceptional, it looks that way:
Cotton Epic Cloth
Boots / Chest Armor +2
BUT
Gloves / Helm / Leggings +3
-> Why shoud the Boots be better than Leggings?

Cotton Augmented Cloth
Boots / Gloves +3
BUT
Cloth Chest Armor / Leggings +4
AND
Cloth Helm +2
-> Why shoud the Boots be better than Helm?

Cotton Fortified Cloth
Boots / Gloves +3
BUT
Chest Armor / Leggings / Helm(!) +4

-> Why is the Helm on same lvl as Chest Armor and Leggings?


And another example for Leather Armor (ALL exceptional, means Durability +50!):
Augmented Leather
Boots / Chest Armor / Gloves / Helm +3
BUT
Leather Leggings +4
-> Why shoud the Leggings be better than Chest in this case?

Epic Leather
Chest Armor +4
BUT
Chest Quarter-Armor / Gloves / Helm / Boots / Leggings +3
-> Here there is no difference between Leggings and Helm?

Leather
Chest Armor +4
Leggings / Gloves +3
Boots / Helm +2

Fortified Leather
Boots / Helm +4

Supple Fortified Leather
Boots +4


--> (Supple) Fortified Leather Boots are same level as Augmented Leather Leggings?

That's what I am talking about. The digits are confusing.

Before it was more clear:
Standard durability (0)
Exceptional: +1
And each higher value was a sign for a significant better item.
Now it isn't ...

@Chris, hoping for a kind of clarification

 

The material bonuses also factor into the number of pluses. If something takes more materials then it will have more pluses.

 

I just don't understand the sense of this system?
Using Master Crafting adds +2, using Enchantment it adds +1.

If someone is searching for good armor, (s)he is not interested in quantity, but in quality of an item.

The ++ were a good indicator to compare items before, but the way it is now, it seems more complicated. If you don't consider the +2/+1, an item could look less worth, if someone uses more enchanting instead of Master crafting ...

The Augmented Leather Chest Armor wouldn't be a good choice, if I would assume the + information is a kind of quality indicator ...

However, thank you for explanation, Barugon

 

Yeah, I never really care about the pluses anyway, just the actual bonuses.