Talk:Candidate for deletion/@comment-173.17.133.28-20140118015105/@comment-70.34.133.250-20140219160547

Because if you don't, they won't coincide when you do get the level 2 item you want. It won't translate into the same level 3 item. You have to "pair them up" if you will, the level 2's with 3's. You need to have the same # of 2's & 3's when you purify them so there's no "third wheels" in the group. That's how you force the level 3 to be the one you want basically. So let's say you have 10 level 2's & 3's, and the 5th level 2 is the type you want. You gb, then reload and purify 5 level 2's and 5 level 3's. That 5th level 3 will be that item type you want(same type as the level 2). That is as long as you reset properly beforehand by purifying BOTH your last level 2 and 3 weapons, and you paired up your 2's and 3's throughout the process.

I may be wrong, but getting the mace actually seems to prove it DID work to me. Remember, the CL sword is a one handed red vocation weapon in terms of purifying. That said, so is the Virge of Madness mace. It's a MK only weapon, yes, but it qualifies as a red one hander in terms of purifying. So it looks to me like it did work for you actually because they are the same weapon type.