About Repairs....

Ok this is really lame, I'm really pissed off.
Sometimes it can happen that you forget to repair your gear, and you get in a dungeon with it half broken.
NOTHING you can do at this point, I got my crafting skills to 50 and they are totally useless, you can't use them to repair yourself just because they are a different job.
Plus there isn't even a remainder when you are outside dungeons to tell you your gear is totally broken, like some icon showing up or something, something better than those invisible circle on the bottom right.

I was just healing Castrum Meridianum and got 0% to my weapon, then my heals became ridiculous and had to leave, because else we would wipe endlessly.
REALLY give us something to actually see our gear is BROKEN, it should be something really important to notice.

There is: 'Character' widget/menu option shows your gear status. Inventory Grid in bottom right shows your gear status on the first set of vertical icons - nothing beats actually checking and preparing though.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

There is: 'Character' widget/menu option shows your gear status. Inventory Grid in bottom right shows your gear status on the first set of vertical icons

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Yes, I know, I think you missed this part.

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Originally Posted by Azrael

something better than those invisible circle on the bottom right.

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All I read was that you learned a valuable lesson about keeping your gear in good repair and having a back up weapon just in case.

You get a warning when a piece of gear hits 10% durability, it even shows a message in the center of the screen.

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Originally Posted by Estellios

You get a warning when a piece of gear hits 10% durability, it even shows a message in the center of the screen.

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lol yea right, you get a warning at 10% and 10 minutes after your gear is broken. I guess it's a bit late, considering a dungeon can last over 1 hour

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Originally Posted by Estellios

You get a warning when a piece of gear hits 10% durability, it even shows a message in the center of the screen.

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You also get an icon next to your name that can be kind of hard to distinguish since it shares a similar icon to the GLA ability Conv. but..aside that, you have plenty of indicators and aside that:

http://i43.tinypic.com/2ltrfgh.png

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http://i39.tinypic.com/nxw2oo.jpg


Though tell me - what prevented you from checking your gear before you entered the dungeon?

OP: Learn to be prepared. before you queue up you should ALWAYS check your gear and make sure you have any appropriate meds/foods you want before you hit that button. SE gave you two very quick and easy ways to keep track of your gear, the little dots and the character screen. For a little more work you can mouse over each piece of equipment and see the exact condition of each piece. Those little dots aren't invisible, they're quite handy... it's a great visual quick check on gear status and inventory status.

I seriously don't understand how people can blame everybody but themselves when they have only themselves to blame. The concept of personal accountability is lost :(

after a few runs i usually repair my gear just for good measure, it pays to be prepared

This games durability reminder system is really bad designed, so the OP is not at fault for his mistake. it doesn't tell you when your gear starts to degrade until it's at 10%, which is 5-10 mins from being completely broken.

Why does gear stay white, until 10%, then finally break? Why is there no "Your gear is at 75%, your gear is at 50%, your gear is at 25%" reminders? Why doesn't it turn green/yellow/red? I shouldn't have to manually open my char screen to see my gears durability, that's insanely annoying.

If you aren't checking your gear condition every so often then you're the one at fault.

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Originally Posted by Shiyo

Why does gear stay white

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The white for the gear icons above the micro menu isn't a sign of durability. It's telling you that piece of gear is fully spirit bonded and ready to be made in to materia.

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Originally Posted by Rillifane

The white for the gear icons above the micro menu isn't a sign of durability. It's telling you that piece of gear is fully spirit bonded and ready to be made in to materia.

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Which is completely pointless. It should show gear durability, like every other video game with repairs does.

Placing a repair NPC at the beginning of the instance wouldn't be a bad idea. Usually people are caught off-guard by broken gear after a wipe when they return the beginning of the instance, so this wouldn't be a bad idea. It would introduce another gil-sink anyway which isn't a bad thing either.

It's also easy to forget for people who have multiple crafts leveled and are used to being able to repair their own gear at anytime. You off course can't change classes during an instance to repair your gear, so this is where people can get caught off guard as well.

I hear it is difficult to check your gear before you enter a dungeon.

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Originally Posted by Shiyo

Why does gear stay white, until 10%, then finally break? Why is there no "Your gear is at 75%, your gear is at 50%, your gear is at 25%" reminders? Why doesn't it turn green/yellow/red? I shouldn't have to manually open my char screen to see my gears durability, that's insanely annoying.

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If there were reminders at 75%, 50% and 25% I think I would kill myself with all of the notifications that would be.