Quote Originally Posted by Destati View Post
To be honest there are plenty of other reasons to level crafting. NPCs have a tendency to not be readily available when you've forgotten to repair and you're in a hurry to get to one as the queue for your dungeon just popped and on top of that the load screens have decided to take their time too.
There are indeed plenty of reasons, but not every reason is for everyone.

As for forgetting to repair, people can learn to make it a habit to repair often to lessen bad timings for repair.