allow to have both repair system!!!

[darkstarpoet1]

Agreed.

Additionally, the current system pushes players to respect the time/gil required to achieve a high level craft. Before, an iron square was used to repair items ranging from r20 to r50. Because the material itself was low level and relatively cheap, the amount of gil players offered to crafters to repair their gear was quite small. Despite the fact that getting a crafter high enough to repair their iron cuirass (or whatever) was no trivial task - that time was not rewarded because the associated repair material was cheap.

and how's that any different than the same people running around right now offering 1,200 for a grade 5 matter repair?

people are still expecting crafters to keep doing the repairs for those items for the same amount that they did before. there's been a few people that sat there for days in spots because people refuse to repair their gear due to they refuse to pay the material cost. this system may be ok for some items, but it's not for others and the overall cost has went up on all besides a select few items. i'm one that will walk by, look at the offer, and walk away. if it costs me almost 5k each i'm not doing it for less.