I'm lvl.10, on PS4 and I'm experimenting with a Sun God build for my first character (male, Imperial Templar, pretty much dawns wrath spells for every kill with a Biting Jabs at the end if needed). I just made the Death's Wind set at Chill House with either a magic boosting or magic cost reducing ruin on each piece of the set. I wanted to run with a Death's Wind shield for whatever reason. Anyhow, in my eyes, the machete is the perfect weapon early on because the damage shield works well while the d.o.t burns them up. Well I just tried to improve it using 3 honing stones and it failed but didn't destroy the blade. So I thought it glitched somehow and I had gotten lucky...tried it again with 3 more honing stones and it displayed the same message in the top right side of the screen: "Improvement failed". It didn't destroy the sword this time either. I deconstructed it afterwards because I had no need for it if I can't strengthen it. I'm using the Death's Wind bow now. The one hand/shield is a character perk though and with the damage shield of the blade early on I would be indestructible.

Anyone else experience this? It's not that serious, I can probably find another in a guild bank somewhere for real.

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