iso these secrets....

Read the whole guide almost (some parts more than 4 times or something ^^)
But there is still something i don't get.
I have a sorc lvl 90, and crafting mana boots, i get a lots of nice adds like dex, fhr, frw and res, but i only get 10-20 mana every time.
is there something i can do to make bigger chance of getting higher mana?

I don't get the "Group" thing, i get only one add/prefix or suffix from one group, but does it have something with the place the item comes from?
I gamble at gheedz, and then craft, but do i need a higher/lower lvl to improve chance of getting more mana?

Craft more boots.
You may get it on the first try, or it could require numerous transmutations.

According to the reputable affix calculator @ inDia there is a 7% chance that either of the spawnable mana prefixes: ''Serpent's'' +(11-20) or ''Dragon's'' +(31-40) is picked by the affix randomizer.
We get the following approximate number of Caster boots needed to observe >+20 to Mana with increasing certainty:

25%: 4
50%: 10
75%: 20
95%: 42
99%: 64

Where you gamble is irrelevant; your character level is what matters, and to this end level 90 is more than sufficient.

This post was edited by Eywa on Feb 28 2011 01:59pm

thumbs up and thx

Ni ce guide, but still got some question about things I'm not sure to udnerstand.

First, using a certain recipe gives some fixed effect: Means a blood ring always get 1-5 str/1-3% ll/+10/20life + the affixes? I think I understand that if you're enough high lvl, you got 100% chances of spawning 4 affixes, but what about those ''fixed effects''.

The innate properties or ''fixed effects'' if you want, viz, properties assigned by the recipe itself, are not determined by level of input nor character level used.

This is no different from fixed magic properties on set/unique items/rune words.

Okk, I got it now. Thx and awesome guide!!

jesus fuck, I suck at math.
to now, I've only bothered crafting accessories & belts. easy stuff.

wanna see if it's worth doing shields (hit power or safety).
if i take an ilvl 71+ item to get the guaranteed 4 affixes, would the only way to control the rlvl on additional mods (say, if i was trying to get smth for lld or mld, etc) be to craft it on a low lvl char, to counterbalance the high ilvl?


meaning that if i got 4 random mods, rlvl'd = rlvl_affix +22, so a lld shield could only have a max rlvl_affix of 8? although i think mechanics & deflecting are both lvl 8 mods..

''Mechanic's'' and ''of Deflecting'' are levelreq 7 and 8 affixes, respectively.

ilvl is a function of clvl and ilvl, viz, ilvl = [clvl/2] + [ilvl/2].

Using ilvl=99, ilvl=71(+) forces clvl=44(+).

Trouble is, the size of the affix pool increases with ilvl.
So, while you always get 4 affixes at ilvl=71(+), the affix pool contains a significant percentage of levelreq > 8 affixes.

You could adjust (reduce) the ilvl to only just include the desired affixes (leaving out the higher ones), and live with the fact that not every shield gets 4 affixes.

This post was edited by Eywa on Mar 21 2011 07:01am