Why durability loss on return is stupid

[Nightpanda2810]

I can no longer try dangerous things just for fun on my own. Not to mention only being able to put FIVE items in bazaar for repair at a time. Very annoying limitation.

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[Altano]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually greatly prefer the xp loss penalty for death. And I never, ever, could have predicted myself saying that. Especially considering how much death happens in the dungeons...

[Jynx]

I can still do dangerously fun things, I just have to be prepared to loose some durabillity on my items. It's a crying shame that I have to expect some consequences for my foolhardy actions!

[LuxLex]

yeah, I have to agree with jynx on this one. I think having some kind of penalty for death is reasonable. If you are doing dangerous things (like trying to get somewhere new surrounded by mobs you can't solo) just take off your gear and do it in cheap stuff you can repair yourself or in your undies. If the mob is going to 1-3 shot you anyway, why bother wearing your fancy clothes?

[OJtheLIONKing]

I really don't want xp loss back, but as it is durability loss isn't too hot either. It sucks having to track down a crafter just to get your gear to 100%, and it sucks as a crafter too since the skill I get from repairing is completely negligible but it still costs reagents to make a repair. Repairing every single piece of armor I was wearing after a couple of deaths yesterday gave me about the same skill as a single material synth, so I don't think anyone's benefiting from the system the way it is except opportunistic crafters (not a very large amount of people).

I'd rather just be able to full repair at an npc for the current, fairly high prices, or have a player try to repair with no reagents involved for free. They can still get paid for the service, but no one has to waste valuable inventory space keeping dark matter handy.

The system is a vast improvement over what it was, but still not optimal in my opinion.

[redmage]

Er... yeah gonna have to agree with the others here. If you're doing something you know is dangerous and not necessarily expecting to survive, why equip your good gear?

[Jynx]

but no one has to waste valuable inventory space keeping dark matter handy.

At least I don't need to lug every kind of potion imaginable to repair the 900 types of stat effect daggers that are around. Lugging around 5 items max is better than 30 items.

[miqokini]

Yep, I also prefer the durability loss to exp loss. You definitely have to work much harder to get all that exp back, but not so much for durability.

And I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but yeah, don't wear good stuff on "dangerous adventures". :P

[Altano]

If you're doing something you know is dangerous and not necessarily expecting to survive, why equip your good gear?

So you have a better chance of succeeding?

I agree with the overall sentiment that there needs to be some sort of threat for dying. I just preferred the experience points loss. But then, I honestly don't think that it's so "hard-earned" in this game...certainly not comparable to how obnoxious it was in XI pre-ToAU.

[Alfortis]

i wouldn't mind this if they added a repair npc at every camp.