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| #* Some improvements on equipment can add some additional [[#Visible Fit Bonuses|Visible Fit Bonuses]]. | | #* Some improvements on equipment can add some additional [[#Visible Fit Bonuses|Visible Fit Bonuses]]. |
| #** This works on an equipment-to-equipment and ship-to-ship basis with no general rule. | | #** This works on an equipment-to-equipment and ship-to-ship basis with no general rule. |
− | # Equipped equipment cannot be improved. | + | # Most conversion quests (e.g. {{Q|F62}}), allow to use improved equipment, but any {{Star}} are lost during conversion. |
− | #* There is an option to unequip the equipment from the improvement list.
| + | # Certain conversion quests that do not require improved equipment, will carry over any {{Star}} from the required equipment to the upgraded equipment. |
− | # Equipment must be unlocked in order to be upgraded to a better version.
| + | #*So far, this is only applicable to quests {{Q|F13}}, {{Q|F14}}, {{Q|F15}}, {{Q|F19}}, {{Q|F24}}, {{Q|F26}}, {{Q|F28}}, {{Q|F29}}, {{Q|F30}}, {{Q|Fm1}}, and {{Q|Fm2}}. |
− | # Improvements have a chance to fail. Please see [[#Improvement Success Rates|below]].
| + | #* This is currently the '''only''' way to obtain improved versions of the {{Equipment/Link|Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron)}}, {{Equipment/Link|Suisei (Egusa Squadron)}} & {{Equipment/Link|Reppuu (601 Air Group)}} (through F13-14-15 respectively, unimprovable otherwise). |
− | #* '''Materials ({{DM}}{{IM}}) and any fodder equipment are still lost on failure.'''
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− | #** [[Item]]s are not lost. | |
− | #* The equipment being improved is never lost.
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− | #* It is '''recommended''' to use the guaranteed improvement toggle when dealing with expensive improvements and/or rare fodder at {{Star}}'''+6''' and beyond.
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− | #* [[Akashi Kai]] has a higher success rate than her base version. | |
− | # Improved equipment cannot be used as fodder.
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− | # Certain conversion quests like '''{{Q|F13}}''', '''{{Q|F14}}''', '''{{Q|F15}}''', '''{{Q|F19}}''', {{Q|Fm1}}, and {{Q|F24}} to {{Q|F30}}, that do not require improved equipment, will carry over any {{Star}} to the upgraded equipment.
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− | #* This is currently the '''only''' way to obtain improved versions of the {{Equipment/Link|Tenzan Model 12 (Tomonaga Squadron)}}, {{Equipment/Link|Suisei (Egusa Squadron)}} & {{Equipment/Link|Reppuu (601 Air Group)}} (unimprovable otherwise). | |
− | # Certain conversion quests like {{Q|F62}}, {{Q|F89}}, {{Q|F70}}, and {{Q|F107}}, allow to use improved equipment, but any {{Star}} are lost during conversion.
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| =Improvement Success Rates= | | =Improvement Success Rates= |