Superior Item Stats

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Any armour that has enhanced defense on the item itself (not sockets) has a base defense equal to the maximum possible base defense + 1.  The only exceptions to this are items that were upgraded with the cube recipes.  There's a bug with those, so they don't get the max + 1 (or the ethereal defense bonus).
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I know about buggy upgrades, but the whole max defense + 1 is definately new to me (though it perfectly explains the sturdy sash with a white color 3 defense). So essentially any superior armor with % ed has one higher than the base defense? And this works with all items, so a + 100% ed magic sacred armor would always have 602 defense unless it were ethereal? If it were, then it would be 1802, right?

This also explains how the armors listed in the AS have a fixed defense if the % ed doesn't change.