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Best modifiers
I've re-reverted your edits to the Modifiers page. The claims you made aren't exactly incorrect- in fact, that's the problem. The claims across this wiki about which modifiers are "best" cause a lot of debate and revert-warring, as they're largely a matter of opinion. Which modifiers are best isn't a definable quantity, any more than what weapons are best or which of the three Mechanical Bosses are hardest, so claims like that are typically removed outright. Unfortunately, these claims are often tied into important information- in this case, the Best Modifiers table is a step towards clarifying what criteria make a weapon able to hold a certain modifier, as well as informing players that summoning weapons largely derive no benefit from the modifier set they receive (this will change in 1.3, necessitating a revision of the page anyway). There's no clean solution for reducing this information down to the bare facts quite yet, and it'd be irresponsible to just remove the entire table without a plan to salvage the valuable parts of its content. Even so, claims and arguments are better suited to a guide. I'll not remove it if it's readded, as I've no intention to get into a revert joust over it, but eventually the page will need to be cleaned and reformatted.

As for the issue with the table sorting, that's a really weird issue that's somehow avoided attention and whose cause eludes me at the moment. It's likely related to the non-numeric characters being sorted alphabetically or the values of positive and negative being treated weirdly. I'll look into it tomorrow, but the tables are protected so they'd need a sysop to authorize changes to them anyway, in addition to basically needing to be redone in a way that sorts properly.

Sorry for writing so much, but I'm trying to convey a simple but easily missed idea- these reverts weren't meant as a personal attack, or done out of favoritism or distrust. They just happen to be smaller parts of a larger, more complex problem that's made immediately visible through the Recent Changes log and happens to be easier to deal with in the meantime. I apologize for any inconvenience. --Gearzein (talk) 12:31, 9 February 2015 (UTC)