What am I doing wrong???

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It's quite simple really... it sounds like you're inserting cheap parts into the "???" slots. The cheaper the parts you use, the lower the chance of success, the higher the parts, the greater the chance. A lot of items won't even come out properly even if they are successful if you put in materials that are too low-grade. For example... when trying to make a "Granarod"... if you use anything other than Kerseline in the ??? slot then it simply will never come out as a Granarod... instead you'll receive a Slyrod or cheaper weapon.

The easiest thing to do is use materials that are equal in the number of stars to what you're trying to make. If a Brandline were say... a 5 star armor, make sure any materials you're inserting into ??? slots are at least 5 stars.

Hope that helps.