You appear to be right notoriousss i think back in the day it actually was a total of 25% increase to base , if you maxed out the master refiner skill. Hopefully its just some bug or unforseen glitch with artistan. Cause 1.25% more with the skill maxed is nothing and it makes changing into artistan worthless in my opinion. g,dg,xging equips-gears is are bread and butter. I only picked artistan class because of this improved skill we are suppose to have so much for that i guess. thanks for your input notoriouss.