Quote Originally Posted by snipers334 View Post
I'm not forging anything until event time, I don't think they boosted the refine rates the last time, just forge rates.

20 mill spent on a lvl 8x item whilst not even getting further than -1 is not just excessive, it's insane lol. I've not gotten below 81. There's really no point in playing if you can't refine your items since it's too hard to lvl up unless you go full out on IM and such at 9x. No way I'm gonna perma-buy those 2 hour option stones for all sockets.
Not sure, but I did manage to refine lvl 30 ancients during the 'event' (weapon + armour set) down to lvl 1, having strolls of 10 successes in a row (at the least) being no exception. Might entirely be due to the low-ish lvls though, but still.
The plussing didn't go that well though.

I refuse to buy most of those option stones as well. All I'm getting with the spare RPs are either the AS ones or the pdef ones (costing 9rps a piece) - which I then only use for 'special' occassions (such as actually grinding if I get my ass to it, or inter. dungeon runs where I'm supposed to 'tank').
It's ridiculous nonetheless, and I refuse to even try without the event. This probably also means I'll be stuck at 78-80 for a little while longer.