QUOTE(megaplayboy @ Sep 28 2011, 22:54)

I just noticed something (might not be new). It seems that there's an equipment grade bonus added to our base stats. For example, for EDB phase equipment that I have, I got an extra 0.10-0.11 base for crude/fair, extra 0.15 base for average, and extra 0.18 base for fine. Hope this helps.
This happened in patch 0.6.1.
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-Exquisite, Magnificent and Legendary equipment now get an additional bonus to all stats, just to make them more awesome. The stat bonus makes them about 5%, 10% and 20% cooler, respectively.
Only the Exquisite+ grades were mentioned, but people have noticed that all grades have such a modifier (though I don't know if anyone calculated the other modifiers).
I don't think it has any effect on level scaling calculations, though it makes the matter of min/max stats of a little more complicated.