Repairing is so cheap now, and so tedius, why even bother having it in the game? You can't request repairs from people. You can't repair your own stuff because you can't change jobs in a dungeon/raid, so what is the point in it?
It removes very little gil from the game. Make every mob drop 1 less gil and get rid of gear wear entirely. All it is, is an annoyance that's not really removing a lot of gil. Adjust other things to remove the gil not removed by removing repairs from the game.
And imo, buying a house for 800,000, and buying crafter gear that costs 4000+ etc etc is a way better removal of gil than the repair system. It's frustrating to have to repair at all.
If you don't remove it, at least give us a "Repair All" button on their so we can repair every single piece of gear we own in one shot.
Better yet, if you don't remove it. Just give everyone the ability to repair without leveling a craft and make it cost 50% more if you do it yourself, and cheap like normal if you use a vendor.