[Dev1070] repair system: what do you think?

[TheVedis]

the repair system force me to

chase Guild mates to repair my gear

or

I need to go afk for 1h @ uldah in order to some1 10% chance that will repair my gear for a tip.......(i usually tip well but anyway somedays , i can go afk for 1h come back and have reapired 0 items )


with the population LOW , and nearly no1 want to craft (boring as hell) , the repair system fail because the game fails even more

FFXIV doesnt have a huge population , and a few % have a crafting over lvl 10 , so yeah.....only a few can repair the gear.

If ffxiv was full of ppl , and crafting wasnt boring ....

OR

you put your gear to be repaired on your retainer when you arent online

only takes a minute or 2 to do so, and you wont have to sit and wait for it that way...

[Dreamer]

Yup. Crafting, and repairing at the state its in is inaccessable for casual players..

What part of dropping your gear off at the mender's ward is inaccessible for casual players?

[Raze]

I gotta agree with TheVedis, it's incredibly simple to get gear repaired in town by merely sitting on the stairs for an hour and not offering some pittance as a reward (having mats is smart too if you're not afk)., I also think the repair kit is a pretty bright idea. Forgive me for not reading the whole thread (it's gigantic) but I always thought they should make the NPC repair stuff to 100% in case you need to do a trade with it quickly or want to put it on a retainer (probably for a loss with the NPC price :P). The catch to this would be to really lower the prices for gear that's extremely low rank (1-20) and jack it up for the high ranks. This way, you're encouraged to make friends who craft, craft stuff yourself, or just bite the bullet and have the NPC take a bunch of gil to do it. I think they made some pretty good improvements to the repair system and making crafters less useful isn't the answer.

[Zanfire]

What part of dropping your gear off at the mender's ward is inaccessible for casual players?

when you want to play and nothings fixed? If i have only certain times i play, and i dont have my gear fixed...well im screwed to wait arent i?

[Skeloton]

i absolutely hate the inconsistencies with the repair/condition system, Me and my LS have almost completely agreed that you gotta be 10 ranks below an items optimal rank but I managed to repair my willow wand are CRP R8 which is 14 ranks below.

weapons you use wear out quicker than clothes/armor or other weapons, especially the Anathema (~20-30 fights before it gets damaged)

[Dreamer]

when you want to play and nothings fixed? If i have only certain times i play, and i dont have my gear fixed...well im screwed to wait arent i?

No, that's what the NPC repair vendor is for.

[AngryNixon]

No, that's what the NPC repair vendor is for.

The NPC vendor is not now nor has it ever been a valid option. It's just some ridiculous nonsense that only repairs certain items to 75% for absurdly high fees. It's not even close to being a reasonable option when you're in a hurry. Might as well just leave the gear shattered until you can get it fixed properly.

[Zephir]

Again i see that damage is simply to fast.

A lv 30 Spear on a 35 character (not outranked) fall from 100 to 60 in less then 3 hours...

it's simply a nonsense.

I'm ok with fast damage when you use an outranked equip..but when you choose a correct lv gear you MUST have a benefit...now difference from outranked weapon and correct lv weapon is too limited

[TheVedis]

when you want to play and nothings fixed? If i have only certain times i play, and i dont have my gear fixed...well im screwed to wait arent i?

thats why you drop it off in the ward at the end of your playtime, itl be fixed when you next get on

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

When I was crafting and some parts soloing, repairs seemed quite frequent.

And while I'm not completely up there yet, I've gone from rank 25 to rank 29 without needing a repair as a Marauder with party play (leves only, no behest). No gear damage icon yet. And after I update my equipment, I may not need the repair yet. Something seems very different, as I recall repairing more often than this before. But perhaps optimal rank and favored discipline are factoring into all of this that could be slowing my decay too.

Prior to this, I let the repair system dictate what classes I would focus on. I would find gear that could be used by multiple classes, I think Tabards and Kecks for instance, so that I only rely on Weaver to repair most of my armor, and a blacksmith or goldsmith for my weapon.