On my alt “Lizardcam” I can craft vagabond’s bounding baton at max quality with 555 skill. However, when I try to specifically RECRAFT it for people it says I don’t have enough skill. All materials are of the highest quality, and R5 profession equipment. Why is this?
The most likely explanation is the original craft used less than R3 materials. Since they hang around during a recraft, it will sink the resultant skill and require more effort.
As the pally with the sunny name says. So maybe use finishing scroll to bring it in the R4 range, then complete with your concentration tank. Or go at it in two crafts. Costs more mats, but then it was his choice to use crappy mats in the first place.
When you’re crafting a new weapon, you’re using 100% of the materials to make a new weapon.
When you recraft a weapon, you’re using ~40% of the materials to try and make the weapon better (hopefully) than when it was initially crafted. If you initially used all 1* mats to make the weapon in the first place, recrafting it with 3* mats is like crafting a brand new weapon with 60% 1* mats and 40% 3* mats.