Can we please do something about this?

[BillyKaplan]

Things that can be done:
1. if the gear is outright broken, prevent queueing. If you queued before your gear broke but your gear broke while you waited, when the queue pops it should not let you accept it, saying your gear is broken.
2. Give us the option to request other players to fix our gear for us. That way, if there's a high enough crafter in the party, we can at least minimize some of the damage.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

It's worth noting that the message warning you get about your gear is quite easily missed. I've seen it once, and only just barely before I could repair in my house real fast, before the last person accepted the queue.

[BillyKaplan]

It's worth noting that the message warning you get about your gear is quite easily missed.

All the more so if you queue as healer or tank and you get instant-queues

[Kogekigami]

would be nice if you could repair other peoples gear in dungeon for them.

[Altena]

would be nice if you could repair other peoples gear in dungeon for them.

I still don't understand why they removed this 1.0 feature . . . .

[Tridus]

There's already a pop-up message when you queue up with broken gear, so that's on the AST.
If that doesn't work then a swift kick should do the trick, that way next time they go into a dungeon they'll remember to repair.

That message works poorly with the tank and healer queues, because they're so fast. Half the time I see it, the dungeon popped at the same time and I've already clicked to join before I even notice it.

It'd be a lot more effective if it *blocked* you from queuing when you're below 40%.

[Cherie]

There's no reason to try and logic the offending party out. They knew their gear was broken and all they could manage as a reply was an attack...

So yea, no reason to try and talk them into admitting the obvious. I'd kick them or leave the party myself.

I am like the most tolerant person in parties. But yea, if someone appears to be not trying at all then, the run is over. My only requirement in groups is that people appear to be trying and aren't actively trying to sabotage/troll the party and prevent success. This healer fails that test....

[Maero]

It is known that many players are too lazy to repair gear or forget.
It sure would be nice if they would allow an option to repair other peoples gear
Someone like a year ago had also suggested maybe a repair NPC at the entrance of a dungeon.

[SenorPatty]

Yep, definitely need a queue block if your gear is 30% durability and below.

It is known that many players are too lazy to repair gear or forget.
It sure would be nice if they would allow an option to repair other peoples gear
Someone like a year ago had also suggested maybe a repair NPC at the entrance of a dungeon.

Its a nice idea until you realize you could be with an asshat player who still won't repair his gear even inside.

Better to nip the problem at its base with a conditional queye block.

[Vhailor]

I still don't see why SE leaves the option open for the player. Block people from queuing if they're below, say, 50%, and block them from accepting a group if they're below 50% as well. Warn them if, during the intervening wait time, their gear condition drops below 50%. Done. Hell, it would even do me a solid, because sometimes I just forget to check my gear durability. I've never had stuff break, but it's been close before, and I'd have loved a block preventing me from screwing that up.

And no, I don't think vote-kicking is an acceptable solution. It incurs additional wait times / inconvenience for the group, particularly if the offending player is a tank or healer. For behaviour SE can't easily fix (people being jerks, for example), vote-kicking is the best and, indeed, the only possible remedy. Things like this, though? There are better ways, and the OP is right to ask for it.