I started playing MMO’s since the rise of Ragnarok Online and can 100% say that I’ve played a lot of games already. In every game I’ve played there would always be 1 NPC that will make your gaming experience in that game miserable. He or She would give you sleepless nights, days that you would just like to hit your keyboard on your face and sometimes makes you think that you should just quit the game. That NPC is sometimes called Upgrader, Refiner, Enchanter and Enhancer.

Have you ever experienced that you have the best items in the game and then you have to upgrade it from +9 to +10 and then suddenly a big “Upgrading +9 item FAILED” would appear? I’ve experienced that a lot of times already. I felt miserable when those days come, days when I am out of luck and I always curse those NPC’s even though none of my curse would affect them.

Well all I can say is that this saying is right, “sometimes you win and sometimes you don’t.” It really ONLY depends on how you accept it.

Who are the famous blacksmith NPC’s that you know? Have you ever crossed paths with NPC Hollegrehn of Ragnarok Online? How about NPC’s Vulcanus of Atlantica Online? or even hold the item refiner of RF Online? Damn, I remember those days and it still keeps hunting me.

Well no more looking back. No guts, No glory! Clank Clank! FAILED!!! /wtf

havent tried vulcanus in AO yet, but i remember breaking/crystalizing a lot stuff back in Lineage 2. it wasnt too severe tho as i played as a crafter so i can make use of the crystals that came from failed enchants.

the other game was Grand Chase. ive managed to get to my runes to +9 before i stopped playing. again, didnt really suffer too much from it as the crystals for enchanting were abundant drops.

for AO im sticking with enchanting, instead of enhancing. with enchanting, you pair up the weapons/armor, and use the enchant stones to get to the next level. no risk of failure. it gets tedious and costly tho.

But it's much cheaper to try your luck with Vulcanus. ^_^

cheap by how much? i havent checked how his enchanting system works.

Not really cheaper, maybe for low level equips but if you gonna vulc phoenix gear... That would be very gutsy. I recommed vulcanus for levels 80-100.

yarr..im only at 53..still quite a ways to go