Originally Posted by
kattzkitti
Some will wait until their gear percentage is low before committing to a repair. People (like myself) who tend to repair after each piece of content run, are actually wasting a bunch of time to do so. This game doesn't have gear effectiveness decline with durability loss, so there's no difference between 1% and 100%, it's not until you hit 0% and the piece of gear "breaks" that you lose the piece's effects. That being said, it's foolhardy to not repair before entering a part of the current Savage/Extreme tier as these contents can break your gear with a quickness. Course, crafters don't have to worry, as they can just repair wherever they please.