cost of self repair and unable to repair other's gear

[Laume]

Today, I tried to have my wife repair my gear. The option isn't available even thought she had the proper dark matter. She can only repair her own gear. But on top of that, dark matter can't be gathered currently. They can only be bought via GC seals at 2k+ for 1 for grade4 and 5k+ for 1 for grade 5? That seems unfeasible. It means you would need to do at least 2~3 fates to repair one piece of equipment. Turn in 2~5 provisioning or supply GC missions to get 1 grade 5. All this, of course, while wearing your gear in the process.

Am I missing something? This can't be right, can it? Granted, you can have a NPC repair your gear but... 2~5k for repairs on a level 50? This means back in 1.0, this repair would cost 20~50k. That seems excessive for a cost.

I hope a dev can chime in on this as this seems like an accidental oversight than something intentional.