Help: Mage items increasing magic skill levels (in General)

Hi all,

I have a Corn and COI on my enchanter so I should get a 10% bonus to my spell levels--6 for the corn and 4 for the CoI.

But the exact levels of his skill are:
Antimagic Field: 211,156/196,425 (?)Guardian Angel: 36,748/34,473 (?)

Therefore im getting only a 7.5% bonus to my AMF and 6.5% to my GA.

The only other items I have on him are a set of EB and LG's which have no penalties, aside for the corn and CoI

Can anyone explain why I dont get the full magic boost of the 2 items?

Thanks for your time.

Magic bonuses/penalties on shown on items are based on how they affect DD.. they have a lesser affect on EO and ED (descending DD->EO->ED).

And this is shown where?

heh, I'll be damned if I can find where I read that again... I'll keep looking and post the link here when and if I find it again

ah.. from the cbplayers New Players Guide..

"Some armor has magic penalties/bonuses. These impact the different types of magic differently; Direct Damage spells are impacted 100%, Offensive Enchantments are impacted 75%, and Defensive Enchantments are impacted 66%"

Thanks,

That explains the 7.5 and 6.5 percent bonuses i get.