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Enchanting an item gives lower stat than the enchant says - Why?

Sidney
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For example, I had an armor enchantment in my bags with +17 Magicka.

It was for items 10-20. I had shoulders with level 14 that had +7 Magicka.

When I use enchantment on shoulders the Window shows me the item will go from +7 Magicka to +6 Magicka.

What? >.< Why? Shouldn't it be +17 Magicka?

I'm confused and don't understand.
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  • Rajani Isa
    Apparently Shoulders, Gloves, Boots, and Belts only get about 40% of the enchantment - probably to limit stacking since all armor glphys seems to be +Stat.
  • thisisdustinsemail_ESO
    I think it scales up based on the quality of the item. For example, a glyph will have better stats on a blue item, than on a white item.
  • Sidney
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    Hm..It did the same thing on my blue items.

    So must be the issue Rajani Isa mentioned.

    Meaning...we can only Enchant legs and chest for what the enchantment says?

    That seems kind of dumb, I must have missed some explanation in a tutorial some place on that.
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  • Natjur
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    Sidney wrote: »
    For example, I had an armor enchantment in my bags with +17 Magicka.
    The number on an armor enchantment is based on if it was added to a white leg or chest piece. Adding it to a shoulders, belt, gloves or boots gives 40% of the listed value.
    (They need to add a tool tip to warn you about this)

    17 x 0.4 = 6.8 round up = 7

    But if you improve the item (change from white to green to blue etc) you will get more then the listed value.

    +17 on white legs = +18 on green legs etc etc etc

    Edited by Natjur on April 23, 2014 3:22AM
  • Sidney
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    Awesome!

    Thank you for the clarification Natjur (*)
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  • Rajani Isa
    Helm, Chest, Legs, Shield all get 100% of the value listed on whites.
  • zaria
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    You can preview the result in the enchant window.
    Grinding just make you go in circles.
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  • Sidney
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    zaria wrote: »
    You can preview the result in the enchant window.

    Yes, I know, that's why I mentioned what the window told me :(

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