Darzil's LoTRO Armour Guide - Crafting Oddities
Odd things I've noticed whilst making this guide
The big one - Why are the only Cyan crafted Heavy Armours from single use recipes? Light Armour, Medium Armour, Weapons and Jewellery all have a choice. This is particularly annoying as the normal non-crit Ancient armour is inferior to the level 42 multi-use drop recipe armour, and has a unique look in two racial varients, unlikely to be seen.
Why do Iron and Crafted Light and Heavy Shields look like the Gondorian shields, rather than just smaller and larger versions of the Iron and Crafted shields?
Robe Stats. Several of the Robes do not follow the pattern of other armour of that type. Pliant Linen Robe should have +11 Fate, not +6. Thick Cotton Robe should have an extra +4 bonus. Stout Cotton Robe should have +14 Agility, not +7. Superb and Exquisite Traveller's Robes should have an extra +5 bonus. Superb Scholar's Robe should have an extra +6 Fate. Exquisite Scholar's Robe should have 23 Vitality, not +12. Thick Pristine Robe/Armour should lose the +14 Fate bonus. The Radiant robes have more stat bonuses on the multi-use recipe than the single use one.
Black Ash Bow and Crossbow special effects - Why are the critical success effects different from the basic bow for Basic and Reinforced Black Ash Bows and Crossbows. So there is a Bleed on the Reinforced Bow, and on the crit of the Reinforced Crossbow, whilst there is a Demoralise on the Reinforced Crossbow, and on the crit of the Reinforced Bow.