The upgrade system suucks yes. It takes luck. And i'm telling you now, if you fail once, stop and try later. You'll be glad you saved your alz somewhere in that process. I know it's pure luck bcs i spent only around 300m total from +3 to +15 for my osm helm, but my suit I spent probably about 400m on and nothing. I spent 250m on uchh to +3 my forcium kat (which got stolen like 8 months later) starting at +8. Point is, quitting over something so trivial is stupid. Have fun with whatever you were previously doing though. And battle FS isn't that odd (it's cheaper for only 6 def less)
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