i saw a guy make these, not the adaman, the GEM. he had made like two full sets of adaman and failed once (losing all the materials including adaman sheet) before getting these. He was 100 blacksmith+2 from gear+something else from furniture+synth support but thats still pretty lucky. He is Neos on Ragnarok and hes my idle
No I believe what he is trying to say how can the "cap" be 102? Which it couldnt because your skill will not level up to 102 it only levels to 100. Whereas, the 102 is basically the optimal skill required before even trying to make this item.
I would imagine it says 102 because this item is an HQ item of the Adaman gear.
Edit: I understand also that this site says the exceptional result of the Gem gear is the Adaman gear. However, it's the other way around. To prove this, check the auction house and look at the difference in prices from Gem gear and Adaman gear. Gem gear is ridiculously expensive.
Actually, if you look more carefully, it states that the gem gear is "exceptional result OF" adaman gear. Meaning that gem is the HQ of adaman, which is as it should be ^^
You can double check this by clicking on the adaman gear and nothing that it says "exceptional results can be" gem gear.