Changes to Repairs (11/17/2011)

[brozy]

More news everybody!:

[dev1208] Changes to Repairs

* The following changes are planned for patch 1.20.
* All features are under development and subject to change.

The following changes to repairing will be introduced in patch 1.20.

Simplification of the Repair Motion

The repair motion will be simplified and the time required for the procedure shortened.

Removal of the Repair Screen

Since it is now possible to perform repairs using only dark matter, the repair screen will no longer be displayed after selecting the Repair command.

Repairing Accessories via Repair NPCs

As an alternative to repairing an accessory yourself or requesting it of another PC, NPCs will be able to repair accessories as well.

Inclusion of Level Requirements in Item Help

To make it clear from what level a Disciple of the Hand will be able to repair an item, item help will be updated to include this information.


We will continue to improve repairing in further patches beyond patch 1.20.

forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/30914?p=448449#post448449

Nice to see that there finally letting npcs repair accessories

[Hyan]

If you stretch the action list release further you will cause a rift in time-space continuum that will form into a giant black hole sucking in all the puppies and kittens of the universe.

please think of the puppies and release the damn list

[Cichy]

Obviously this change will make people willing to pay for the game, hence this info was a priority

[Niiro]

Thank god they reduced the animation time for repairs, they should make them more streamlined like the synthesis operations.

Spoiler: show

[Lucavi]

Makes me wonder what the initial reason for making everything so painstakingly ass-tedious was for. Do they really think that its more "immerse" to suffocate the player-base with tedium? Thank you, Yoshi.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Tedious and Tanaka both start with the same letter. This is not a coincidence.

[Draylo]

Just remove gear damage all together, completely stupid idea.

[solracht]

EDIT: Nevermind.

[Fievel]

Just remove gear damage all together, completely stupid idea.

Yeah, going to second that.

[Niiro]

With the changes to NPC repairs gear damage is hardly an issue anymore, probably one of the largest gil sinks we have now (and there aren't many).

[plue]

Just remove gear damage all together, completely stupid idea.

Omg yes, completely horrible idea to begin with. Even with exp loss and de-leveling XI's death penalty was waaaaaay better.

[Hyan]

Even with exp loss and de-leveling XI's death penalty was waaaaaay better.

Fuck that shit.

[Elcura]

Fuck that shit.

Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with some of you people?

[Kurokikaze]

Fuck that shit.

Hyan is adamantly against something from XI. This is how you know its bad.

I agree with him. Fuck that shit.

[Niiro]

When you can find a repair NPC under every rock and behind every tree in the game with affordable repairs it's really kinda hard to complain about, especially considering gear degrades so slowly now relative to the way it used to.

The stats aren't even diminished until you're all the way down to 0, the only time gear breaking is potentially an issue is when you have to HP when doing leves/behests at aetherial gates solo (if you're with another person they should have a raise set). Any other time you're within humping distance of a repair NPC.

[Patriarch]

I like the death penalties / gear damaging upon death.

Gives you incentive to be good, and not die.

aside from that, this stuff looks good.

[Spider-Dan]

Gear penalties are (almost) completely reasonable now; NPC accessory repair will solve the last outstanding problem.

There will always be a subset of people who believe that death should carry no penalty whatsoever. These people are beyond hope.

If you have an idea for a better death penalty (ahem) than gear damage, the internet is waiting.

[miokomioko]

Again, people that are still complaining about gear damage simply don't know what they are talking about.

[Kaylia]

Gear damage gives the developer a great handle to control the economy. As long it doesnt become an annoyance (like it was before), it's perfectly fine.

[fantasticdan]

Is the cost for repairing significant enough in this game to give you an incentive to care about dying? It certainly isn't in WoW.