Why are Demon Legs a Classification 4 item?

Question

I would believe that they would been placed in Classification 4 in case the quest would be difficulty to complete, however, Thorn Spitter was Classified as 3. Is there another reason of Demon legs being places in Classification 4 for forge?

Comments

I can't assure this, but im almost sure they mix availability and easiness, both are difficult yes, but thorn spitter is a voc-oriented item  almost worthless nowadays since the amount of better crossbow out there, while demon legs are a non-vocation legs which even if isn't as useful as zaoan legs/golden legs is way more rare  than both so turning it the only non-voc legs  able to tier over 3.

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you should consider adding it as an answer

Answer 1

I couldn't find an specific answer between CM replies that explain why thorn spitter is a tier 3, but to classify the items they take into account availability, not only of the item itself but the amount of similar items, with this said, Thorn spitter is in a market with multiple other crossbows that are equal or harder to obtain turning them into disposable (and that's why chain bolter is t4 while thorn is t3).

Legs haven't the same availability, the market of legs is either too easy to obtain (most of them being class t2) or way too hard (t4), in between ( t3) lies the few items that aren't so easy to obtain with most of them being vocation oriented except by dwarven legs that also can only be obtained once through a quest, so the next other item with no-voc requirement obtainable just once and with higher difficulty that their counterparts is the Demon Legs, the last item with this characteristic is the Green Demon Legs which helps to understand the lack of availability, there aren't other legs that could replace with ease the Demon Legs in availability while there's a huge market of shields and weapons to replace any other reward from Demon Oak quest.