thx now I fully understand

but bad too be 96 then? ilvl 91-99?

This post was edited by Mastermat562 on Oct 29 2009 10:04am

nope, the the +2 skill (90) means it spawns at 90 or higher.
that also means when you are high lvl you get low mods, but the important thing is that
you are capable and have a maximum chance of gambling the better mods

as another example:
the FCR mod:
Apprentice 10% Faster Cast Rate Amulets(5), Circlets(5), Orbs(5), Rings(5), Rods(5)
spawns at a very low lvl. that doesnt mean at higher lvls you have less chance of getting it,
it means when it gets avalible. you must see it more as ''unlocking'' the mod, in order to get a
chance of obtaining it.

okay.. so u need high lvl to get the really good rares?

well for amulets yes, u gotta be 95, after that it doesnt matter alot i think. for rings and circlets its slightly different:
rings have no +skill affix at 90, the highest affix on a ring is lower.
circlets / diadems etc are explained in guide (magic lvls)

This post was edited by Aphexus on Oct 29 2009 11:46am

Rare items have 3-6 affixes and not 2-6 as the Arreat Summit claims.

Affix levelreqs are by definition (MagicPrefix.txt, MagicSuffix.txt) and not following a formula.
Level requirement of an item induced by affix levelreq is far from always 75% of the highest prefix or suffix level.

Required Level = max{lvlreq_baseitem, max{lvlreq_affix1, lvlreq_affix2, ... }}

In short, the required level is the higher value.

1797/2000 = 89.85%

n1. but i need guide to a gf baba. can u help? pm me

Q: As you unlock more mod possibilities with level gaining, don't you lower the % of a lower level mod to spawn?
Example: if you were able to gamble at some level and come up with only 5 mod possibilities, each one would have 20% chance.
Since you leveled up and unlocked more mod possibilities, and added (for example) another 5 mod possibilities, it's natural you would have 10 possibilities now, lowering each one to a 10% chance, including the lower leveled ones. Wouldn't you?

This post was edited by Synonym on Oct 29 2009 07:50pm

A bit simplified, but essentially right.

Affixes do in fact have frequencies. Only some affixes are equally likely to spawn. Needless to say, frequencies are defined in the same two files referred to above.

Larger affix pool => harder to roll a specific combination of affixes. That much remains true.

Still some work left to do on this guide, if you ask me.

This post was edited by Faelwen on Oct 29 2009 08:06pm

''I decided to go as much in detail as is needed, and not further.'' like i said at the top.
This is about gambling, not about affixes in depth.

thx for the comments everyone.

This post was edited by Aphexus on Nov 1 2009 04:07pm

If this is supposed to be a decent guide, you should fix the obvious mistakes.

I wrote the above replies to assist you.