* Does the base Armor (or weapon) number transfer over to the final product? As in should we be crafting with the highest possible white weapon we can find?
* Do the "superior", "thick", or other varieties make a difference in the final product?
Fairly certain it doesn't as when you go to craft it will list an item with a specific armor/dps value, irrelevant of the ones you currently have in your possession, and it doesn't do an average between them either, so it seems to just have a baseline value that it will always work from
* Do the "superior", "thick", or other varieties make a difference in the final product?
is the armor the same? Then quality matters in crafting
is the armor different? Then quality has no effect in crafting, and armor values are random
edit- legendaries have higher base armor, don't they? Disregard my post, I think