Refining: how to increase stats levels in equipment?

[JackMalloy]

I have a doubt about refining, after you have the stats you want, but wanna increase their level. With an example:

I am archer and I have the following stats in 1 piece of my 60 set:

Strength Lvl 8
PATK Lvl 6
Crit Lvl 9
Endurance Lvl 8
Armor Lvl 2

The first thing I wanna do is increase armor level (I would love to get 10 in all stats, but not sure if possible hehehe). I have just blocked the other 4 stats, and try increasing it, but I always get a different stat (charisma, PDEF, HP, etc), never a higher armor level. Is that the way to go? Or should I swap armor to other different stat and then continue refining until I get again a higher level armor?

I posted this here instead of in FAQ because maybe some people have a different way of refining and can share

[Arlad]

use the refine lock when you got the stat(s) you wanted, then refine again until you satisfied with the result.

[LAO998]

Refinement locks are awesome, the way to refine is difficult. I noticed the gear is a lot harder to refine when equipped. "This is just a theory," my lv 50 set when equipped was impossible to get the stats to where i need it. So on my lv 60 set I refined while it was not equipped and the stats were much easier to get. It will take a lot of refinement crystals and locks to get your stats just right where you need it. Nothing is impossible on stats, I was able to get 3 gears to hold lv 10 stats.
Example
PDEF=lv 10
MDEF=lv 10
Chrisma=lv 10
HP=lv 10
Crit=lv 10

Unfortunately I don't have a pic, I sold my lv 60 set to enchant my lv 70 legendary set.

[ROMEOKING]

Ya useless stats

[ROMEOKING]

Stats needed int/str, def endurance and patk or matk, 1 others. And dont refine blindly and useless stats all 10