Eth bugged def?

[mathfreq]

Hi all, I was just curious about this "ethereal bugged defense" thing I keep hearing about. What is it, and what is the SP community's stance on trading with these bugged items? Thanks in advance.

[Magicboy]

The ethereal bugged defense is socketing an ethereal armor with the cube recipe. The bug is that the ethereal mod (50% extra defense) is applied twice (100% extra defense). As far as I know, the SP community is ok with trading these items.

[mathfreq]

Ah, so that's what it was. Makes sense now. You're talking about these recipes, right?

1 Tal Rune + 1 Thul Rune + 1 Perfect Topaz + Normal Body Armor = Socketed Body Armor of same type
The number of sockets created will vary. The item must be normal and unsocketed. Low-quality items and superior items do not work. The item gets 1-4 sockets, randomly. However, the number of sockets is then restricted by the maximum number of sockets that base item with that ilvl can have. The chance to get X sockets in most armor is 1/4 (I.E: Mage plate has a max of 3 sockets, so it has a 2/4 [1/2] chance to get 3 sockets). The base of 6 was used in the ratios for all the above mentioned areas.

[zarirazz]

yes=)
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