Why is better gear dropping my stats?
I’m not sure but maybe world bonus is doing that (from world vs world) if not then… hmm it’s a curse :o (nah, srsly I don’t know then xD )
Gilb Rainyday – Lvl 80 Ranger
1. are you lvled down ? or are your stats in your actual lvl … with down lvlling it can get somewhat fishy HOW the stats drop … having said that it should not lower your stats … just to be save get to a zone where you are not lvled down
2. the only reason that comes to my mind ist that you are having a second Minor rune of flame legion on a other armor peace … in doing so you are not getting +10 power but +5% Burn duration … in that case your first armor would give you a total of +17 power and your second armor +10 (remember the second effect of your rune is applied if you stack two of the same on different armor pieces)
… it still would not explain why your stats diminished by 6 and not 7 ^^
Myxo’s second explanation seems the only reasonable one. You have that rune already on some other piece of armor, thus you lose 17 power to gain only 10.
I also agree you should make your checks at Lion’s Arch to avoid being downgraded, as I have no idea what the downgrade mechanism does to stats.
[LAGS] Sacraï – Roche de l’Augure[FR]
Thanks Myxo you are right I did have another Flame legion piece.
My character is 47 and I was in an area that dropped me to 37, so I went to Rata Sum and my total power with that same equipped item is 842 and when I swap it drops to 835 which makes more sense to me.
Maybe something with the downgrade feature is dropping a fraction or something which would explain the 1 point difference.
Thanks again for the help!