what does CL affect?

[JunK]

just curious what CL affects? im trying to farm and unlock higher CL levels but i just can't compete in the slightest, even to unlock lvl 3 aptitudes (cl 35)

i guess i just need to farm more until i get an insanely OP item or two??
so what should i be farming? does CL level affect the affix's you can get on items? should i be farming cl 25-30 or it doesn't matter and just stick with the base 10?

any crafting affix i get that is worth anything requires 15-20 crafting points, where as any gear i get at level 25 that gets crafting potential, max i've seen is 14.

[Vagrant_Lord]

Higher CL only bumb up the enemies atm.
You wont get better affixes with higer CL because the affixes are bound to gear lvl, which is kinda caped at 25.
When you want better gear you need to craft with the chassies from the mobile lab.
Affixes you are looking for are affix operator power and armor (like x1.06 Power or x2.5 Armor). Both have a crafting budget of 9.
You need to boost them up with the one talent which gives you 200% of their vaule when crafting, so crafting one item with only one affix and extract it.
You end up with two affixes x3 Power and x6-7 Armor.
Now you need to switch to the talent for more crafting budget on chassies (opposite of the 200% talent).
Buy a white chassie (should have 18 budget) and put the two affixes in.
Now you hope for a rarity rewrite, if you dont get it just put the item in (most of the times it is even better with only this two affixes then your current gear)
Then repeat this process. When you get a rarity rewrite the value for Power/Armor also goes up.
Start with drones, sensors, cpu or whatever items dont give you good unique bonuses.

[JunK]

ohhhh okay thank you vagrant

i figured i had to do basically everything you say, but on gear that dropped and not even worry about chassis'

[Vagrant_Lord]

If you find gear with crafting options, for example like a good weapon with 14 budget you can put in some haste, crit chance/damage or even the xPower/Armor on top, as a bonus so to say.

[JunK]

i still only find i can only slot in one crafting affix especially once you boost it up
but already making some improvements in the build, which is sweet to see

[Palandus]

That kinda sounds like a lot of tedious work, rather than being fun. I signed up for fun. I got enough real life tedious work to keep me busy.

[JunK]

the other thing im noticing, is the crafting budget is off from what vagrant said

EG i have a x1.09 power affix. i haven't boosted it up or anything, just ripped it off an item, and it has a crafting cost of 15. not 9 as mentioned.
crafting cost of 15 is pretty steep. basically means you can only craft it on a rare+ item, and only one affix per item (most likely)

or if you put it on a blank chassis you can use normal but you REALLY need to hope for a rarity rewrite, and good affixes on the rarity upgrades

[Nightchills]

hp and dmg of enemy's. The game tells you right at the start if you just read.

[Palandus]

It also affects hp of asteroids and rate of damage of environmental effects (ie Miasma or those lightning storms)... and seems to encourage elites to have more affixes and the damage of those affix effects.