So, imagine that there was a new building in Haven, probably right next to the upcoming un-bindery. You step up to the guy, and click, and you can now forge up your gear. But it ain't cheap, and it has some requirements and side effects...

Here's what you'd need
-The item to be forged would need to be level 10 (complete!)
-You would need the recipe to make the item.
-You would need all the mats, crowns, and energy that would be used to craft the item in the first place (if you have a Levi Blade to forge, say, you'd need the stuff listed in the Levi Blade recipe.)

You would then
-Pick a UV. If the item already had a UV, you could only pick that one.
-Pay the crowns, mats, and so on.

You would get back
-The same item, reverted to level 1.
-With one added level of the chosen UV (Low -> Medium -> High, etc.)
-Still bound to you.
-With one level (or added level) of the drawback "Reforged".

The reforged drawback
-Would appear in red, just like the movement penalty on ancient plate.
-Would stay with the item right along with the UV if it were upgraded (or could be lost along with the UV, as desired; same ticky as usual).
-Would alter heat gain of the item, and cost to forge further, as follows:

Low: Heat gain is halved; materials needs to forge again are doubled.
Medium: Heat gain is divided by three; materials needs to forge again are tripled.
High: Heat gain is divided by four; materials needs to forge again are quadrupled.
...And so on.

What would this do?
-It would let everyone get in on the UV 'game' to some extent.
-'Natural' UVs would remain awesome; a medium UV gained from alchemy would still be wicked great, since it cuts down on the number of forge attempts you need to hit supreme levels.
-It would eat up loads of mats, energy, and crowns. Maybe not as many as job-lot-alchemy for UVs, but across many more players.
-Probably have loads of other odd market effects.

....So.

Whaddaya think?