This gives me mixed feelings.
This will make me stronger (if done), which helps in PvE (which is really just ninja exam, which this doesn't really help much against other than a bit more crit?)
But this will make my primary opponents stronger even more, which is bad for PvP (I'm one of the top 3 ftp in my server, so most of my opponents are low/mid level ptw. Obviously I can't complete with super ptw, but I am trying against the lesser ones). And frankly, refine affects PvP much more than PvE(due to init).
So mixed feelings....