Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-33185350-20180114154622/@comment-33185350-20180115161507

Basically for balance. But it could also have a physical explanation. Here’s the balance explanation:

Right now with material replacing experience, it takes an insane amount of material to repair nicely enchanted equipment. If you take the time to heat it up and put some effort in, it makes sense that you wouldn’t need to spend quite as much. Conversely when reforging, the hotter it is the higher tier modifiers you can get. They should be more expensive.

Here’s an attempt at a physical explanation:

When you are repairing an item at low temperatures it’s going to be hard. You will need a lot of extra metal to fill in scratches, notches and damage. If the piece is hotter then you can beat it back into its original shape, requiring less metal to repair. Reforging, on the other hand, is completely remaking it. I imagine it taking a lot more metal if the item is very hot and soft because it would be easier to mess up.

I know that’s not an entirely good or knowledgeable explanation of what’s going on. It’s a simplification for balance.