Fairy.Specopsz said:
Why do people freak out for 1 or 2 stats more?
The easiest way of explaining this is to think of gear sets. A couple of extra stats on a single piece wouldn't make a noticeable difference. However, when considering a collection of pieces, a +1 STR and +1 DEX boost on all of those pieces will make a visible difference. Piece by piece, you might not think it's worth the price tag, but if you upgrade every slot of your gear set, it is, because you get a bigger overall stat increase.
That is what seperates DD's from "the best" to "the average". No offense meant with this comment to anyone, but 20 STR difference between two SAM's is pretty noticeable on weapon skill damage.
As for the Haubergeon +1 in particular, it's a 10% HQ chance at best and it's about a 200-300k loss per NQ:
10 Synths:
Costs 3mil to make, you sell all the NQ's for about 2m, you lose 1m if you don't HQ. With a 10% chance over 10 synths, you should HQ one. We all know it doesn't work that way. On Garuda, the going rate of a +1 is roughly 2.8m. This means that if you HQ the 1/10 you're supposed to, you'll have:
-3m
+1.8m
+2.8m.
= 3.6m.
Net profit of 600k. It's expensive because otherwise nobody would bother making them.
And this profit is assuming you HQ. I have gone 0/12 on one session, 4/9 on another. It's purely luck based, hence the high price tag.