Suggestion: Durability add to weapon/armor (in General)

After giving it a bit thoughts, I think this might spark an interesting idea. Of course Blacksmith can "repair" it for you but also forgers. Flame away.

*Durability*

I assume this change would come with an increase to cash rewards?

This idea was mentioned a little over 3 years ago on CB1, so you can read some opinions (read: intellectual, not the "flaming" replies) other people had back then concerning this idea. Jon never specified his opinion about the idea, so who knows what can happen. However, I can see it having a serious affect towards the economy as per cash sinks (repair costs money, duh) and a whole new category of "durability" built into each armor with different durabilities (if that's the road the developer takes) similar to the forging recipes.

Reference to CB1 thread: [1]

Here's a few questions to think about:

• What would the process be to repair something via Blacksmith? Will there be wait times? What would the price(s) be generated from (i.e., how much to repair Armor A vs. Armor B)?
• Will you be able to repair an armor that's partially depleted?
• How would you propose that forgers repair armors? What benefits/drawbacks would a user have to in regards of having a forger repair it versus the Blacksmith?

Also, to add to the list of questions to think about:

• Will higher-valued armor/weapons have higher/lower costs than lower-valued? (i.e., Does NW fit into the equation of repair costs, or is it a general repair fee for that particular armor/weapon?)
• Will an armor/weapon be destroyed when the durability reaches 0 (or whatever the minimum is)? If so, explain how people who spend $20M into an armor or weapon will all of a sudden have it vanish if they forget or choose not to repair it. If not, see next bullet.
• Will a user be able to use the armor/weapon even if the durability reaches 0, but at some disadvantaged rate? What disadvantage rate or affect should this have compared to a weapon at maximum durability?

I don't want this suggestion to turn out to Mage Blender. therefore i 'd think tank gears have much less penalty than mage gears due to fact less minions and gears on mages than tanks.

answer: best way : Zero Durability = zero affect rather than destroy imo

i would say make it so only forgers in eco clans can repair items, that would give a nice incentive for people to be in forging clans!

- To be competitive, you are already "forced" to constantly pour cash into your equipment, there's no real need to have a new cash drain.

- This makes trade less transparent.

- How does this interact with farming?

- How does this interact with farming? ===> Durability affected on battle challenages not defensive way (meaning: if you start fight it will take into calculation, getting beat up : no affect)

answer: best way : Zero Durability = zero affect rather than destroy imo

i like that, and the way durability could work is, the less DX penalties an item puts on a char would mean the less the durability is, so for example....

MCM gives 0 penalties to DX, so it would be the lowest along with leathers and such, at say.... 35 durability,

Adam, -13% DX penalty, would give the Adam maybe something like 60 durability.

And to repair the durability setting for the item, it would need to be forged to 100% RPM with the same forging recipes, and then once it hits 100% RPM, you can continue forging to up the +

Cash drain is the biggest valid concern. I 'd think having to keep up with your gears by percentage should affect cash rewards. Imo, total % of each Amor adds up and average out in a way to have a total % number which adds into cash rewards. 100% should at least pump 25%->50% of cash rewards

could you explain in depth what you mean?

Adding equipment durability would indeed add another layer of complexity to this game. But it would only work in conjunction with changes to the blacksmith and forging. I would probably mean cheaper something, but would it make the game more fun? Or just mean people have to play more often to keep their equipment from breaking?

The improper usage of affect and effect still highly disappoints me.

My 2 shillings.