Once upon a time there was a Spiral Knight called Stushla. He had recently aquired a full set of 2* gear which he had planned to use to bring him through to 5* (crafting wise). "I have finally acquired the materials for my 3* sword. Hoorah!" he said. He hurried of to the alchemy machine excitedly. But something was wrong. The recipe wasn't picking up the old 2*. Then Stushla realized...."It has to be Level 1 exactly.....not even over....". He was slightly stunned as he had not expected this. Then he looked at the rest of his gear...."FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-" he exclaimed.

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I think this needs to be changed to Level 1+ because this discourages people from using their hard earned 2* gear. If this is a glitch/temporary thing/bug then sorry for the thread. (I'd at least learn if it will get fixed)