Putting quality on stuff counts as "removing" the item?

I am not completly sure if this is a bug or not. But when i put quality on my amulet that had +1 spectre annointed (without taking the amulet off) the annoint stopped "working" and i lost the spectre i had grinded a week in ssf to get. I´m guessing it just completly removed the spectre as my maximum total spectres being able to be summoned got minus 1. I guess it probably dropped in hideout without me noticing when putting quality on the amulet, and since many minions build run skills that consume corpse on trigger, well you can guess what happened.

I do not know if the quality thing is a bug or not, but it´s ****** stupid. Loosing something you´ve grinded that hard for, to some silly stuff like this is a league-ender.

your wand has +1 to gem level. apply quality change the item, temporary disable and enable the item, in the process also change gem level so that affect max num of spectre probably.


Next time try it at hideout to see it still pop or not.


But this kind of interaction is a know thing for years (e.g. do not take off items that provide essential attribute)

I don't think it's either a true bug nor 'working as intended' - I think it's a technical limitation.

Anytime you alter the properties of something your character has equipped, there comes a moment in time in which the game stops applying the previous version of the item's properties to your character, and begins equipping the updated version of its properties.

99% of the time, this isn't going to make a difference - nobody's going to notice losing 34% Fire Resistance for a fraction of a second while standing in their Hideout. But sometimes it will matter - e.g. maybe your maximum number of summonable zombies drops for a fraction of a second, and so you lose one. Obviously this is more detrimental where spectres are concerned.

I think it's just one of those examples of 'clunkiness' people associate with Path of Exile; and once you learn the hard way, you approach such crafting with more care in the future.

Yes, but in this case it´s not an attribute or gem level issue. I can remove plenty gem levels and still use 3 spectres, i was not using level 25 spectre for 4. I never removed any gear. I simply put quality on the amulet. This i was unaware of counted as "re equipping" the item.

Yes i think you may be right. I haven´t played a minion build since srs was hot in 2015 or something like that. I´ve been warned about everything possible when it comes to spectre. Being very careful with not removing any gear. This i sadly had no idea about or never even though about. Imagen, lessons still being learned after 20k hours in this game.

It´s just clunky and bad in my opinion. Sucks, but if it´s not a bug, what can you do.