Reinforcing and Metal Forged Tool?

[Zalan]

I 'be been back in the game for about a month. Still getting up to date on everything. Through the process of reinforcing it says you can get your DCI up to 70 by lowering your maximum resists. Say you get your DCI up to 70 on the armor. Could you come back to the no enhanced armor with a Metal Forged Tool and add Valorite or Verite to it up the resist?

 

[DJAd]

You can raise the DCI but it will lower your resists.

OR

You can raise the resists and lower your DCI

Armor refinement - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia

 

[Zalan]

I read the guide. Just didn't know if the Metal Forged Tool was away to bring the resist backup. Since the tool was 100% enhancement. Thanks for your answer though.

 

[DJAd]

If you refine a suit it will lower the actual resist caps.

 

[Tuan]

I read the guide. Just didn't know if the Metal Forged Tool was away to bring the resist backup. Since the tool was 100% enhancement. Thanks for your answer though.

The tool provides a 100% chance to successfully enhance an item without risk of failing / breaking it. For instance, this is the only way to produce 190 luck pieces, as the chance to enhance equation gives you a 0% chance to enhance in this case.

There are some things that can't be enhanced, even with the tool. For example, if you have a piece of armor with +20 to the base resist, that item cannot be raised above this level.

Using the refinements changes the CAPS of either resist/DCI.