Teratons not fabricating level 9+ equipment?

[Warped]

I've noticed that the Teratons are not fabricating equipment one level above the input item when the input item level gets to lvl 8 and instead, it remakes the lvl 8 item into another lvl 8 item. This is with all material, energy needs met and with the Teraton fabricator "purring with contentment". When i throw lvl 9 equipment in there, it gets made into lvl 8 equipment. There is only one instance where i got one lvl 9 weapon from them when i threw in a damaged lvl 9 weapon, but subsequent attempts to make it into a lvl 10 weapon only succeeded in remaking the lvl 9 weapon into another lvl 9 weapon. This is again, with the fabricator "purring with Contentment". I'm playing on version 1.2. Is there something that i'm missing or were the Teratons changed?

[Song]

From memory, teratons were changed in some way....but I'm not sure how, since I don't use them.

[AssumedPseudonym]

 I don’t remember the specifics, either, but I do recall from looking at the outdated wiki page and having done source-diving that they were nerfed. That happened in 1.1 at the latest. I’m pretty sure Level 7 is the cap for feeding it a weapon and getting back something higher level, so if you give it a Level 8, the best you’re going to get back is a Level 8.

[Warped]

ah, ok. Were longzhu's also nerfed? i can't seem to boost my taikon 200 with them. I can only use diamond field crystals to do it and those are hard to come by.

[sun1404]

Longzhus only enhance items up to +50%, IIRC.

[PM]

Since 1.1, fabricator cannot increase item level beyond 8 anymore. A happy fabricator (disposition >= 5) will reroll an undamaged level 8+ item into another at the same level. Damaged item and/or angry fabricator produces worse output.

Longzhus do not stack enhancements anymore in 1.2.

[Warped]

Is there somewhere that lists all these changes? It's somewhat confusing to read tips that were good only in previous versions.

[PM]

Just posted this monstrosity!

[Warped]

Thanks for that.

Is there a place where ALL of the changes are listed though? from the stuff about longzhus, it seems that the teratons weren't the only stuff changed.

[PM]

Besides Teraton fabricators and no more longzhu stacking? Doubtful. Then again, those were the two big nerfs. Other changes off the top of my head.
* Longzhu spheres do not repair/enhance Iocrym plasma weapons.
* IM90 only has about 64% of its former DPS (lower damage and slower fire rate)
* Omnidirectional ion blaster does less damage (it now feels like a level 8 weapon, probably weaker than Ares lightning turret)
* Many thermo weapons are more damaging by about a third.
* Ares positron cannon is 50% stronger and has shield-buster (feels almost like a level 10 weapon now).
* Plasma cannon is stronger, stronger than Lamplighter against everything except final boss (and only slightly).
-- With 1.3 beta... --
* Dvalin requires two-thirds of former item donations to get his rewards. (i.e., you do not need to give as much as before.)
* Ion9 does 50 damage plus shield buster per shot (was 40 and no anti-shield), but the free enhancement was reduced from 80-100% to 50-70%.

[Warped]

ok, thanks.