Originally Posted by
Jello
As suggested above, if you have the mats to craft an AA, you can fuse an AA with a fusion star and 25k, level it up to 15 to unlock the + version, THEN craft an AA+ with the materials you have. Time factor, it's faster because you don't have to wait to craft the AA, and don't have to farm the typhoon gems for the AA+. Money wise, it's works out to be 16k gold more (25k fusion - 9k crafting).
It's not about having 2 AA's. It's having 1 AA and leveling to 15 to be able to craft an AA+ and level the AA+ to 50 to keep. You are going to end up with an AA and and AA+, but you can use the AA as an enhancement.