I finally acquired a +3 to conjuration mastery GA Fractured Winterglass. After burning lots of mats, I finally crit upgraded conjuration mastery at level 4 and then the item’s conjuration mastery was +4 at masterwork tier 5. I then crit upgraded conjuration mastery at masterwork level 8 and the conjuration mastery affix was still +4. I have now masterworked it to tier 11 and the conjuration mastery is still stuck at +4. This math does not make sense. Has anyone else experienced the same frustration?
the most effective conjuration my sorc ever made was a necro
This explains what you are experiencing
https:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCXet8qOf34&t=3s
The link doesn’t seem to be working. Can you check it please?
Yeah play something better like Necro.
Delete the space between the // and it will work
Lol its not a class related issue.
It’s working now. The video makes some interesting points but the math doesn’t work when applied to my amulet.
The amulet starts at base +3 conjuration mastery. The following shows what should happen mathematically if we assume that each upgrade is based on the raw item value (I think all upgrades should add value cumulatively but let’s leave that aside for one moment):
Masterwork upgrade 1 - +0.15 to conjuration mastery = 3.15
upgrade 2: 3.30
upgrade 3: 3.45
upgrade 4: (critical upgrade - 25% or 0.75 to conjuration mastery) = 4.20
upgrade 5: 4.35
upgrade 6: 4.50
upgrade 7: 4.65
upgrade 8 (critical upgrade + 0.75) = 5.40
upgrade 9: 5.55
upgrade 10: 5.70
upgrade 11: 5.85
Therefore, at level 11 masterwork, my Winterglass should (after rounding down) be at +5 to conjuration mastery. In theory, it should be possible to crit a third time at level 12 and be +6. Can anyone explain this another way to me? I am convinced that it is a bug.
Isn’t 0.15 five percent of 3?
see krismate’s post in this thread:
It’s an interesting observation made in the post. If this is true then applying the same math as above my amulet would be sitting at 4.9 at tier 11 masterwork (hence why it annoyingly is sitting still at +4 conjuration mastery. I think that Blizzard ought to look at this - there needs to be a benefit for finding GA gear and the math ought to be fixed. It’s not like the orb build is overpowered anyway.
The maxroll tool predicts what you are seeing. You said you got +4 on tier 5… their tool says you wouldn’t get +4 until tier 6, other than that it shows you will be +4 at tier 11.
You wont get to +5 unless its GA and you get all three crits at tier 12.
Re-read/watch their methodology.
I am sure there are some suttle details to yet be uncovered.
In this case that is exactly what you are getting. If it is not GA then you need ALL THREE crits jsut to get to +4.
With GA you need all three crits to get +5.
Thats good. Thats the way it should be.
Unfortunately your best bet is prob to hit +4 then crit on cdr or something 
Maxroll tool aside, isn’t my math correct above?
The masterwork does not apply to ga stats.
For example, if you have 120 percent vulnerable damage on your weapon rather than 80 percent because of GA, any kind of masterworking bonus will scale off of the base vulnerable damage of 80 percent rather than the ga and base total of 120 percent. I know, it’s not communicated well and is pretty stupid.
I mean it looks correct if it was using 3 as its base. But it seems everyone agrees it uses 2 as the base. The GA is essentialy giving you a +1.
That is why the upgrade progression (at which tiers it ticks up) is identical between GA and non-GA.
I don’t think this is a mistake. It gaurantees the final upgrade occurs at tier 12 with all three crits… not before. Otherwise potentially, it could crit the third time and you would NOT get an upgrade. That would be a whole other bag of complaining.
Thanks for the info. I am disappointed but will adjust my expectations and try for that triple crit. I still think the devs should look at this.