First off, just incase anyone decide to bash me to go wiki, i did read up all the info (that i could possibly find in there)
I know the ratings of low to max when crafting an item.(or non at all)
question 1: On this page http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Abilities, it says "Ability boosts are additive"
How do you combine 2 lows to medium? is there an option to that when crafting?
Base on these info from wiki
armor : Bonus damage protection from (normal, piercing, elemental, shadow), or
status resistance against (stun, freeze, sleep, poison, fire, shock, curse)
weapons: Increased attack speed, Charge time reduction
Question 2: Which of these UV is most preferable on armor and weapon?(is recharge time on sword good? i know attack speed on bomb is ..useless)
question 3: For defense variants, what exactly does "elemental", piercing and shadow protect you from?
Thanks for taking the effort to read through so many question on your sparetime :D
1. Combining boosts consists of equipping multiple items that have the boost, or an item that has that boost inherently plus a UV for it as well. For instance, both the Wolver Cap and Coat have extra sword damage low, so with both equipped, you get medium. A Wolver cap already has some defense against Pierce, so if it has a UV for pierce defense medium, this is added to the cap's inherent bonus.
2. Sorry, no easy answer for this one, other than "it depends...". Which bonuses are best for you depends a lot of your play style, skill at dodging attacks, what bonuses you are already getting from your preferred equipment, whether you've bought the extra weapon slots so you can switch between weapons depending on the monster type, whether you prefer melee weapons over ranged or vice versa, so on and so forth.
3. In T1, all mob attacks do Normal damage. In T2, they start doing mixed Normal damage along with another type (which type depends on the monster). In T3, you get monsters that can do 100% of their damage via one of the other types. Which type depends on the monster - for instance, Wolvers do Pierce, Phantoms do Shadow, and Gun Puppies do Elemental. Check the wiki entry for a given monster type to see what type(s) of damage it can do.