It makes perfect sense if you use some actual thought, instead of just blindly whining.

While you can skip the step of +1 the original gear, you must be CAPABLE of +1ing it, to be able to skip it, it's really not a hard concept to grasp.

If you are unable to +1 the original set, then logic would dictate that you cannot +2 and +3 it (as RF would be counted as af1+2 and af1+3 just renamed RF and RF+1 ((((arbitrarily)))) it could've just as easily been designated as AF1+2 and blue bordered, making ALL ARGUMENTS NULL AND VOID.

Simply because they choose to name it reforge instead of +2, you think you have ground to stand on and place a valid argument, this is inaccurate.