I don't think I'm alone in thinking that fortified weapons should be better. I'll use the fortified battle axe as an example. Right now it has slightly more damage, 2 more str, 2 more h/s, and 2 more armor than the fury fighter battle axe. But the ff axe has 6% dodge and 6m/s that the fortified doesn't have. To me and many others the gains with fortified weapons aren't worth the losses in dodge and m/s. Other weapons and armor/etc are similarly not worth fortifying because of the losses. I think fortifying should be worth the time it takes to gather all the components. I suggest that fortified weapons retain all the bonuses of the previous item and also add the damage and other bonuses. The fortifying idea is great but make it worth our time please.