Quote Originally Posted by Seraphita View Post
you are in the middle of a raid instance which is timed, and your tanks gear starts to break, he is nearly useless, and you have to stop. he trades someone else in the raid items, has to put the item in his bazzar, they fix it, time has been wasted, and slowed everything down greatly. Its just stupid IMO.
Maybe I'm being a bit optimistic, but if you don't want your tank's gear to break during mid-raid, then he/she should avoid going to a raid when their gear is nearly broken. Since the gear degradation changes, it's nowhere near fast enough that your gear should be breaking in the middle of an instance unless it was already red. If this is really an issue, just bring a few repair mats with you - there's a good chance that someone there can simply repair the gear.