hellchimp5 wrote:Sometimes when I put a rune or jewel in a socket, it increases the item's level requirement much higher than that of the item or rune/jewel. I don't see any explanation for this in the item stats, is there a reason for this, any way to predict it? Should I avoid using Mystic Orbs if I want to socket something?
So if you have an item with a required level on 10 and use an MO on it that adds 4 levels to the required level it now requires level 14. If you then add a jewel that requires level 14, you may think this will not change the level but it will raise to level 18 required because the jewel (or runes/gems) raised the base level required from 10 to 14 and the MO is calculated after. MO added level is applied after the highest base level requirements.
Items required level if lower than a gem/jewel is changed to the jewel/gems required level and then the +lvl req from MOs is figuered.