Am I doing math wrong here?

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i had an item with +4 to x skill.

Masterworked it to 4 and hit 25% on the skill (which means 5+5+5+25=40%). this ends up as 4 * 1.4 = 5.6, resulting in the correct +5 to x skill.

Now I masterworked that to 6, which added an extra 10%. 4 * 1.5 = 6

However, the item is still at +5 to x skill. Am I miscalculating something?

2

I can be corrected here but What type of item is it?

Normal or Uber?

I heard the math is rounded with one but not rounded with the other.

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the problem is if its not a GA stat then you not going to get higher skill

with GA items you have to hit it 2 times to get +7 on a item

+6 with 1 hit at level 9 masterwork

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but mathematically that makes no sense. and i am strictly talking about +6

in all scenarios where I hit 25% at 4:
base skill level 4, masterworked to 4 = 40% = 4 * 1.4 = 5.6
base skill level 4, masterworked to 6 = 50% = 4 * 1.5 = 6
base skill level 4, masterworked to 6, but taking the new value: 5.6 * 1.1= 6.16

how does even Blizzard do math here?

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The short answer? For some reason the +skill won’t bump up one more as expected until you get to masterworking LV 8 in most cases. It’s one of those massively frustrating systems that really should be displaying their exact values during the masterworking process instead of only showing the (poorly rounded) results.

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Now that’s an understatement. We don’t even know how they are rounded since all math breaks.

7

LOL, no friend Blizzard just suck a literally everything they do other than taking peoples money these days. Your math is completely fine!

8

You have to go to 9 or 10/12 to become +6 to x skill. I know that mathematically is wrong, but if this was the only wrong thing this season would have been even better… You have gold disappearing from some people, scoundrel’s kiss unusable, screen freezing regularly, NPCs respond time of 10 seconds, inability to dismount the horse/cat… I mean a lot of math has been broken to consider +6 to x skill that important.

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Your +4 is the result of Greater Aspect(GA). The bonus from GA does not improve the “Base stat”. And then the Master Work % is calculated with Base Stat.

So…

  • Base is 3 ranks;
  • GA gives 1.5 ranks, possibly rounded down to 1 rank from here onwards;
  • with 50% bonus from masterwork, you get another 1.5 ranks;

=> 3+1+1.5 = 5.5… So 5 ranks.

Yeah. That feels short-changed.

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If this is true, which would make make sense, that needs to be fixed. What good is GA if its boost isnt recognized by masterworking upgrades?

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Go to YouTube, search for: Xarrio How Masterworking ACTUALLY Works!

Watch the video made by Xario. Subscribe to him too, he’s all about the math of the game, and you will learn a lot because a lot of math in the game is hidden behind an unsaid rule.

In this case, it doesn’t treat the Greater Affix as the number it is, it treats it like the number it WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE 40% BUFF TO THE AFFIX IT GIVES. So, just base maxed rolled affix.

Watch the video. Thank Xarrio.

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