Repair NPCs in Dungeons

[Solarra]

'People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.'
Seems to be an awful lot of that going on in this thread; forgetting to do things occasionally is normal and everybody does it.

That said, I'm not sure I'd like to see repair npc introduced into every dungeon. Not because it will make people completely lazy, dependent and irresponsible (thereby leading to the collapse of Western civilisation as we know it, I assume) but simply because it seems like overkill and would be taking development time away from something else.

How about a Repair Kit? An item that can both be purchased from an npc or crafted (keep it simple: works on any level or type of equipment so inventories are not swamped)
and,
give crafters back the ability to repair other people's gear (the necessary phrases are still in the 'auto-translate' dictionary).

It inconveniences everybody when someone's equipment breaks. It seems silly to me to insist that is exactly how things ought to be and that the other members of the group should just take their punishment along with the person who forgot; I really can't see who that benefits.

[Legion88]

How about a Repair Kit? An item that can both be purchased from an npc or crafted (keep it simple: works on any level or type of equipment so inventories are not swamped)

I like this suggestion...the base for this is already ingame with the repair kit for the airships, perhaps the same recipe for a personal repair kit. Maybe not sold by an NPC but an basic level 50 or 60 recipe without any need of a masterbook.

[Kosmos992k]

I like this suggestion...the base for this is already ingame with the repair kit for the airships, perhaps the same recipe for a personal repair kit. Maybe not sold by an NPC but an basic level 50 or 60 recipe without any need of a masterbook.

There is already a repair 'kit', it's called learning the relevant craft and carrying the relevant materials.

[Thunda_Cat_SMASH]

I like this suggestion...the base for this is already ingame with the repair kit for the airships, perhaps the same recipe for a personal repair kit. Maybe not sold by an NPC but an basic level 50 or 60 recipe without any need of a masterbook.

Have it only repair 20% of all equipped items upon use and I'm game.

[Rinuko]

Get crafters to 60, it so easy nowdays

[Shougun]

What if durability damage was added at the end of dungeon? Then your gear will not break during dungeon, and you can't queue for a dungeon with broken gear (perhaps like 25% durability minimum to enter).

It is a bit silly to have it so one of your team members goes from ilvl 9,000 to ilvl 20 out of no where. Might as well let them queue with ilvl whatever they want, which we don't so I don't see why it's that great to allow the event to happen in the first place.

Although I have to say I've only experienced this issue (on someone else) once in my gaming time. :3

[The_Last_Dragoon]

It takes countless deaths to actually break gear from 100% condition, and the only type of person who would actually benefit from this is someone who is constantly doing roulettes without even taking a break to manage their gear and has back-to-back queue times. Even then it would take hours, and the solution is still solved by parking your rear derriere next to a mender before you queue. If you're that hurting for on-the-go repairs, then you should actually invest in the system that already exists instead of making crafters even more irrelevant than they already are.

[Altena]

It is practically impossible to go into a dungeon with 100% durability, and leave with 0%.

It is pure laziness.

Adding an NPC in a dungeon will be a huge inconvenience to a lot of people because it creates a new standard. People will enter with 10% durability with the intention to repair inside. They will then hold other people up while they run over to the NPC to repair. Even better, some will likely wait until their gear breaks halfway through the dungeon, forcing others to stand around and wait for them to run back to the start of the dungeon to repair.

I have also played MMOs with repair NPCs inside the dungeon. This happens, and much more frequently than I run into people with broken gear in a dungeon in this game..

Convenience for 1 person is often an inconvenience for others.

Just repair your damn gear outside or quick-synth your way to level 60 on BSM / LTW / WVR / ARM. Hell, even if you just focus on BSM, at least your weapon won't break and you will be able to do stuff.

As for the inventory space, that is the most stupid excuse I have ever heard. You have 100 slots. You can spare 1 slot so you can repair your damn gear....

[Ama_Hamada]

It is practically impossible to go into a dungeon with 100% durability, and leave with 0%.

It is pure laziness.

Adding an NPC in a dungeon will be a huge inconvenience to a lot of people because it creates a new standard. People will enter with 10% durability with the intention to repair inside. They will then hold other people up while they run over to the NPC to repair. Even better, some will likely wait until their gear breaks halfway through the dungeon, forcing others to stand around and wait for them to run back to the start of the dungeon to repair.

I have also played MMOs with repair NPCs inside the dungeon. This happens, and much more frequently than I run into people with broken gear in a dungeon in this game..

Convenience for 1 person is often an inconvenience for others.

Just repair your damn gear outside or quick-synth your way to level 60 on BSM / LTW / WVR / ARM. Hell, even if you just focus on BSM, at least your weapon won't break and you will be able to do stuff.

As for the inventory space, that is the most stupid excuse I have ever heard. You have 100 slots. You can spare 1 slot so you can repair your damn gear....

nice point, /thread

with that said, SE this is a bad idea for this very reason, please stop catering to the ultra lazy

[Sainya]

I actually think a repair npc right inside the dungeon would be fabulous. What reason is there not to be one.