Yeah I’d just like to bump this because I think it’s a serious issue.
For the sake of specificity, I am talking about Dragoncloth Tailoring Vestments here, and I’m curious whether the op is referring to the same item or if this is more widespread. I know at least one person telling me they do not lose out on skill when recrafting, also a tailor but we’re specialized in different things, so I wonder if it’s an item specific issue.
I’m wondering if this is because when recrafting Dragoncloth Tailoring Vestments, you lose out on the ability to include vibrant spellthread as a reagent which might account for the significant skill deficit between the initial craft and the recraft. For me this comes out to a loss of 46 skill. When I recraft other tailoring items, that thread reagent slot does not disappear, though I have only limited items I’m able to test this with.
Effectively, I can craft Rank 4 Dragoncloth Tailoring Vestments, but I cannot recraft Rank 4 Dragoncloth Tailoring Vestments. This feels unwieldy to the point I’m almost certain its unintentional. Please fix, or change, or something.