Quote Originally Posted by SydeBeheln View Post
Also, I said "viable choice" which stand for exactly what you said, "taking away the demand". It's still a choice, and will always be, but it's not a preferred choice, because of the 15 minutes, and the durability loss.
I did figure that's what you meant, but there was a little wiggle room for interpretation, so I stuffed a comment into it. Apologies!

Quote Originally Posted by SydeBeheln View Post
You always have to have a weapon equipped though. Maybe the more gear you wear penalty is less on each item, where-in the less gear you wear the more damage it will do to that item.
I hadn't thought of that possibility, but armed with that knowledge I'll be sure to always carry a broken bronze needle in case of emergency.