Grimbeorn
Tribe of Judah Star Wars: The Old Republic Sith Em
As I mentioned in a previous thread, I've been doing a lot of reverse engineering. Specifically, I (through several steps) was able to RE the green on the right of the picture below to the purple on the left.
What I did not mention was that in between the green and the purple I found three blues - with the prefixes critical, overkill, and redoubt. (shown below)
Those are all three of the possible blue recipes that can be discovered by RE'ing the original green pattern. After I got that purple belt, I started RE'ing Redoubt Carbon Fiber Armor, which I learned by RE'ing Carbon Fiber Armor. I tried this MANY times, but I did not have any success in learning a purple pattern from RE'ing. It occurred to me that maybe it makes a difference if you know all three of the possible blue options, so I went back and started RE'ing the Carbon Fiber Armor again until I learned Critical Carbon Fiber Armor and Overkill Carbon Fiber Armor. Sure enough, I learned the purple item below after two tries of RE'ing Redoubt Carbon Fiber Armor after that.
Theory: If you know all three of the blue items that you can learn from RE'ing a green pattern, it significantly increases the probability that you will learn a purple pattern from RE'ing the blue items. It might not even be POSSIBLE to learn a purple without knowing all three blues, but I didn't really test it enough to have evidence on that count.
Note: This does not apply to RE'ing lower level items or items whose original pattern gave a blue item. Both of those situations have proven to give purples much more easily.
What I did not mention was that in between the green and the purple I found three blues - with the prefixes critical, overkill, and redoubt. (shown below)
Those are all three of the possible blue recipes that can be discovered by RE'ing the original green pattern. After I got that purple belt, I started RE'ing Redoubt Carbon Fiber Armor, which I learned by RE'ing Carbon Fiber Armor. I tried this MANY times, but I did not have any success in learning a purple pattern from RE'ing. It occurred to me that maybe it makes a difference if you know all three of the possible blue options, so I went back and started RE'ing the Carbon Fiber Armor again until I learned Critical Carbon Fiber Armor and Overkill Carbon Fiber Armor. Sure enough, I learned the purple item below after two tries of RE'ing Redoubt Carbon Fiber Armor after that.
Theory: If you know all three of the blue items that you can learn from RE'ing a green pattern, it significantly increases the probability that you will learn a purple pattern from RE'ing the blue items. It might not even be POSSIBLE to learn a purple without knowing all three blues, but I didn't really test it enough to have evidence on that count.
Note: This does not apply to RE'ing lower level items or items whose original pattern gave a blue item. Both of those situations have proven to give purples much more easily.
