All good points. Also, when enhancing, if your luck is like mine, just remember this: if you REALLY like the item, it will break. But still worth trying.

Enhancing is not so bad if you find slayer loot. I look up the weakest resist on the monster of that slayer type and put it in there. Works out quite nicely if you ask me. But of course it still needs modding to be on par with wood enhancements.

All that player magical item creating thing is such a waste of time. I mean, you get some stupid hammer with 50 uses and all you probably get is one thing that makes you almost cream your shorts...the rest, makes you want to go kill the neighbors cat.

Additionally, to even get the tool that makes magical player created items takes some act of God, or some insanely huge amount of gold...so you can then experience what I mentioned above. It's like those stupid collection rewards...big pain in the butt.

I am just angry because I suck and can't get the stuff...but, at the same time I have tried to enhance a good piece of armor off the swoops with dull copper, using a 120 smith and the dang thing is a catastrophic failure and I lose the item I was trying to enhance. Happened to me one night three times in a row. I was about to drop kick my monitor I was so angry. Enough.

When enhancing with a smith, try to use a +30 hammer (+60 if you can afford it). This will stack on top of your 120 smith and you have a 150 or 180 smith. It makes a big difference in success. I've also read somewhere that it doesn't matter, but I use a luck suit and a high boost talisman as well. I DO succeed far more than I fail, I just happen to fail on the good pieces more frequently it seems, but that is consistent with what EA says should happen. FWIW.

Aye enhancing is a crap shoot, good rule of thumb if you need the piece or can sell it as is do so if not go for the uberness...nothing lost nothing gained, I personally attempt to enhance every piece I get. What have I lost nothing really I didnt have the piece before I started so maybe just maybe I will make a piece that sells for mega gold and rinse and repeat

I Have Destroyed A Good Amount Of Nice Items In The Past . But Did You Ever Notice The Rush You Get When You Press The Mouse Key To Actually See What Mods You Get ..and Then You Drop Kick The Monitor

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I use colored metal exclusively now to avoid having to cast consecrate wep. It is a major mana drain. You can make ALOT of skill room for a warrior just by crafting and using enahncement tailored weps.

My personal favorites:
Agapite - for swoop type weapons (mid DI, high SSI, mid on hit effect, high mana leech). Right now, I use an exceptional HEAVY ornate axe, 15% SSI, 45% DI, 35% HML. I crafted it with a bronze hammer. It is 90% energy (swoops lowest) and 10% fire (second lowest). I can do 165+ using lightning strike. When I get the penetrate armor effect, it goes to 226.

Bronze- for ice fiend type weapons.

For my PvM'er, I tend to focus on ones I can fight using a talisman rather than a slayer. Easier to get a good weapon with good mods than it is to get a good weapon with a slayer and mods. With a talisman, and EOO, and a targetted enhanced weapon, you really lower your overall mana consumption.

blacksmith enhancing can help with weapons some...as in adding fire damage to undead slayers with bronze...and certainly helps with metal armor
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perhaps that site will help ya out Tony

tu and tu all for all your help