Make and Stimulators!

But the question is, did you test that against ones WITHOUT stimulators; otherwise, you have no basis for comparison.

For example, I forged my Reverse Pescas (my dagger) with only a Advance Diamond and an Intermediate Luk Crystal. The result? 112 attack 3 luk, when the average is 105 attack 0 luk. This means I 'randomly' gained 4 attack, but this was without a stimulator.

What this means it that the maker skill already applies a variation onto the equips, but the question is how does the stimulators affect these. If they do indeed add 0-5 stats (or attack is what I am specifically looking for), then any negative result without diamonds, crystals, etc. would be sufficient to prove this wrong. I will test this later with some noob daggers, since I have so many extra dagger stims.

Page 7 of maker manual states

- If you do not use a stim, your item stats will still vary
- If you do use a stim, your item stats will vary but only in a positive way

Point #2 Translation: All stats are going to be average or above. Impossible to be below average

I have yet to see anyone post evidence of what I just said to be untrue. Evidence involving dark/black Crystals cannot be counted because there's too much variable to account for.