Equipment Condition

Why don't we implement natural equipment degradation?

Allow all weapon and armor smiths to attempt to restore the piece at a cost, with a chance of failure to repair that increases the more it is repaired.

There can be a random check each time you are hit, and apply the damage to the armor the coincides with the location you are hit. Weapons that have been worn down are easier to cleave.

Possible skill: Equipment maintenance, slows down wear and tear rates. Weapon/armor cleaning after combat, reduces wear slightly. Even adds a nice RP element.

Certain non-rare Imm provided equipment types (restrung) can be repaired indefinitely. Equipment that is completely broken and cannot be repair does not disappear, but it does lose the rare flag and reduces in quality so much it is better to replace it with a store-bought item.

This will fix all issues of rare circulation AND provide more value for gold rather than simply using unrealistically inflated prices for 50 level supplies.

Remove the idea of rotdeath or rares that crumble on death.

I come from a mud with this crap.

Nothing personal Mudder, but that sort of thing is a PITA that forces you to grind gold to maintain stuff.

Instead of playing for fun you get another job.

Want  a more extreme idea? How about we make all factions, gear, desolation gear rotdeath?

Want  a more extreme idea? How about we make all factions, gear, desolation gear rotdeath?

The playerbase is gonna love that.

I don't think rotdeath is on par with this idea when it comes to frustration. I'm not even saying make it expensive. I think the prices for items in this game is way out of whack and it comes purely from the idea that people had too much gold at that level.

My idea with this will adjust the economy -- Not so that you must farm, but you must make choices regarding what you purchase based on what you currently can afford.