Yeah I was kinda thinking that with the whole hacker thing too. The old stones had a 6-13 range, the new ones have a 13-15 range. Meaning...old ones you could forge 18-39dd + a fourth stone. New ones you can forge 39-45 dd + a fourth stone. They closed the gap between a good roll and a bad roll by quite a bit, making those hacked items with suspiciously high dd rolls stick out a little less.