Quote Originally Posted by tymora View Post
You would have done better if you experimented with the skills on cheap stuff.
If you have almost all skills in the game, then +600 quality should be normal for -10 recipes. You can get 700+ but only if some rolls of the dice works in your favor.

With that in mind, you will want to make sure your starting quality is at around 200-300 for best chances.

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And yeah, I think stat effect is broken too. Just started a thread on it.
What? I only use HQ mats so I always start with 500. Quality gain is so random though even with good skills like Byregot, Fit for a king etc, I usually land on 75-80% chance. Before patch 90-100% was easy with HQ and 20-25% with NQ. Now I don't even break 10% with NQ