06-12-2003, 11:11 AM
Well, I went ahead and did some testing / shop-refreshing myself.
Briefly, with my level 29 character in NM/Act 2 I found that a wand/staff/etc could have level 6 - level 24 skills on them. Saw one specifically that had both. So 3 row difference max.
I was surprised to find a Hand Scythe as well. Since I'm nowhere near level 41 (or really level 36, since clvl + 5 = ilvl for shops), I would assume that means that there is no ilvl vs qlvl check when upgrading an item from normal to exceptional in the shops. This should mean that if a low enough character is rushed to NM/Act 2, level 1 skills would be possible on claws.
Anyway, I'm going to bed now, but I have a correlated theory that hopefully I'll get into tomorrow.
- Dagni
Briefly, with my level 29 character in NM/Act 2 I found that a wand/staff/etc could have level 6 - level 24 skills on them. Saw one specifically that had both. So 3 row difference max.
I was surprised to find a Hand Scythe as well. Since I'm nowhere near level 41 (or really level 36, since clvl + 5 = ilvl for shops), I would assume that means that there is no ilvl vs qlvl check when upgrading an item from normal to exceptional in the shops. This should mean that if a low enough character is rushed to NM/Act 2, level 1 skills would be possible on claws.
Anyway, I'm going to bed now, but I have a correlated theory that hopefully I'll get into tomorrow.
- Dagni