Regarding Locked Items

You can get something like a Stirge-on-a-String, lock it, and then try to upgrade it.

Other possibilities for equips that get taken away from you to be upgraded/changed are:
- Lord Pirate Hat
- Zenumist/Alcadno cape
- Raven weapons
- Crystal Blade
- Ilbis (not an equip, but can be locked)
and I'm probably missing tons more.

People have already told me that once the items are locked, they can't come off even through quests.

http://forums.asiasoftsea.net/showthread.php?t=590762

By the way, I read through the ticket again and I'm rather appalled that Nexon would remove the security question from changing password function. It's as if they're saying "if you want a security question, go buy a lock". >_>