So you could only make relatively-marginal improvements to it from there, no matter how high your skill.īut at some point that idea got lost. Any ebony item is already at least Epic quality, the moment it's forged, and that's supposed to be factored into the higher base value. My theory: higher-grade material gear is supposed to be pre-upgraded. And yet even they don't do it to their own inventory. The first two smiths I meet in the game are only too willing to teach the skill to all comers. I mean, it's not as if I'm the only one who knows the secret of how to do it. I'm asking why there is no upgraded stuff, in the entire world, except for what I've upgraded myself.