Talk:Elucidator/@comment-24.231.215.21-20121027035910/@comment-1955707-20121027054906

i think it actually depends on the weapon, there is a certain limit as to how many times once can enhance a weapon, for the Elucidator and Dark Repulser its 50 times. As with Asuna's former weapon the Wind Fleuret and Kirito's former weapon the Anneal Blade, it has it can be enhanced up to 8 times if im not mistaken. To enhance an item, one would need a «Base Material» and «Additional Material». The base material was fixed and necessary, but the additional material was optional. how much additional material was used determined the type and success rate of the strengthening. During the beta period of SAO, there were only two possible outcomes from enhancing, one would a success where the weapon would have a "+1" increment on its weapon, or failure which results in a "-1" decrement on the weapon, however after the beta, they game added another outcome which is another failure that leads to the weapon to be destroyed.