The Starforged Hammer breaks the weapon damage symmetry

[vocal otter]

When a weapon is created by the game, a random value is picked, and from that value both the min damage and the max damage of the weapon are computed. This way, both are at the same relative distance from their minimum values. More details can be found here https://forum.makingfun.com/forum/eternium/guides-and-walkthroughs/156818-1-5-73-formula-for-attributes-maximum-value

When a Starforged Hammer is applied to a weapon, the new value for the min and max damage are fixed independently (in their respective new range).

See for example this Celestial pistol:

Both min and max damage at 95% of their minimum.

After a Hammer is applied: