Alchemy, going from +4 to +5

[Soyama]

Got abit confused after talking in guildchat,
I was of the belief that you would only have a chance of loosing weapon if you attempted to go above +5, like +5 to +6
but would there be a possibility of breaking weapon at already +4 to +5 ?

[Anh_Hung_Rom]

No from +4 to +5 you're safe from breaking it (durability reduced).

[Lance]

i thought immortal was to stop you from actually 'losing' your weapon +4 onwards??

+5 > +6 is endurance reduce?

[Anh_Hung_Rom]

Sorry I was wrong. Breakage != durability reduction

Immortal: prevent the item from breakage.
Steady: prevent the item from durability reduction (only occur from +5 onwards)
Astral: when you fail from +4 onwards, the item goes back to +4
Notice that the astral attribute cannot be higher than the immortal attribute.

So at any + step, you have a slight chance of breakage I suppose.

[Lance]

so breakage = durability reduction?

so you cant actually lose the weapon or lose durabilty if u fail from +4 > +5 ?



then why doesnt every try +5?!?!

[Soyama]

well.
steady prevents duraloss
immortal prevents loss of weapon.
but i thought you could only loose weapon if you tried above +5.
same with loss of dura

Edit;)
Lance, +5 is hard to get, and usually costs more than its worth for early level weapons atleast, so few attempt it.
unless you have a sos your alchemy expenses will easliy override the amount you can sell the weapon for if you should succed...
so only loss involved usually

[Lance]

i want to +5 my +3 sos 24 blade :p crit 10 XD so proud after spending another 3mill on stones to reset the crit