sooo about repairing costs

[captian connell]

They need to do something about this. I am not some super twitch streamer, do nothing all day but play this game so when I wipe a few times on hard mode silos and monoliths needing to go and farm for a couple hours for mats just to repair my gear is unacceptable. Anyone else experience this issue? Gear gets broke far to quickly I had to log out last night with broke a$$ gear and now tonight I don't even want to play as I am going to HAVE to go run content I have already finished for a couple hours JUST to repair so I can tomorrow night play again....not happy about this crap.

[Big Boom Boom]

If you do a quick run at Blackfell for 30 mins that should last several repairs. Make sure to open all the chests.

I can understand LEA but hard mode silos... That should be done in 10 min max. Shouldn't break your gears.

[DeepSilent]

Originally posted by captian connell:

They need to do something about this. I am not some super twitch streamer, do nothing all day but play this game so when I wipe a few times on hard mode silos and monoliths needing to go and farm for a couple hours for mats just to repair my gear is unacceptable. Anyone else experience this issue? Gear gets broke far to quickly I had to log out last night with broke a$$ gear and now tonight I don't even want to play as I am going to HAVE to go run content I have already finished for a couple hours JUST to repair so I can tomorrow night play again....not happy about this crap.

yea is terrible and boring , the cost of repair is to much expensive for nothing

[Husker_85]

Just putting my 2 cents in; I know everyone's experience is different and I don't want to discount the experiences of people having issues with this.

I was wondering if I was going to have issues with it because I'm somewhat of an old man and just not that good at shooters anymore. I'm about a week into phase 4 (it's longer than that fyi) and while I'm having to frequently repair for the first time in the game, I'm not finding the cost of repairs to be very burdensome. Between events, silos, salvage, and everything else I'm doing in the game I'm still coming out ahead on supplies, despite having to repair my stuff every 2 or 3 dungeons. There's just so much special plastic and bulletproof fabric coming from all the boxes I'm opening. Everything I do seems to reward both, and the tungsten I get from dismantling weapons is covering my weapon repairs and tungsten ammo costs.

[Prox-ie]

I don't know how worth it is yet, but I noticed in a guide there is a deviant called "Artisan's Touch" that gives you mats to create an item that can instantly repair the most degraded armor piece you're currently wearing. It drops off the smelter/forge elite in the Hearst refinery (check the guides section for a deviant one, it has them all listed, may have gotten the name wrong). Took me just under 2 hours of farming the elite, but I finally got it earlier tonight. Have yet to make an item though as I only just got the deviant set up on my territory so I need to let it make the mats for a while. Point being, I am hoping this will cut down on some of the repair costs, thought I'd share.

[Husker_85]

Originally posted by Prox-ie:

I don't know how worth it is yet, but I noticed in a guide there is a deviant called "Artisan's Touch" that gives you mats to create an item that can instantly repair the most degraded armor piece you're currently wearing. It drops off the smelter/forge elite in the Hearst refinery (check the guides section for a deviant one, it has them all listed, may have gotten the name wrong). Took me just under 2 hours of farming the elite, but I finally got it earlier tonight. Have yet to make an item though as I only just got the deviant set up on my territory so I need to let it make the mats for a while. Point being, I am hoping this will cut down on some of the repair costs, thought I'd share.

It's an emergency stop. If someone is really struggling to the point that they can't make it through dungeons without going back for repairs, they can use those tools for instant-repairs. This allows people who suck at shooting but are great at resource management to engage in end game content, but it is very inefficient due to the cost of the repair tools.

edit: Also, to anyone looking for more ways to survive in the pro-mode and on content, I highly recommend looking into the Stardust Regulator. It's a perk-dependent gadget that gives you a way to instantly heal without triggering your activator cooldown, and it also gives you an overshield that provides temporary invulnerability. If you can't get the perk you can buy the gadgets from someone on your server, but expect to pay 100k at minimum due to the extreme rarity of the primary ingredient used to craft the gadget.

[NocheLuz]

This is the main reason why I would use Tier 1 equipment instead of Tier 5. In fact, I used Tier 1 gears until recently when I could not survive the late-game bosses attack.

It took me several hours (also, several days) just to get enough platinum crystal to make all the gears. Although, I haven't repaired my equipment yet. But I think I'll need a lot of resources just to keep it top-up all the time.

[kritze]

Get the master hand.
Resources are there to be used and with the master hand you can repair your equipment anywhere. How quickly your equipment breaks depends on how often you are hit.

[Husker_85]

Originally posted by kritze:

Get the master hand.
Resources are there to be used and with the master hand you can repair your equipment anywhere. How quickly your equipment breaks depends on how often you are hit.

Also how often you go down or black out. There's an additional hit your gear takes when you go down.

[Big Boom Boom]

There are two issues here:
Gear break down fast being annoying when you are in silo or dungeon like LEA.
Gear repair cost too much.
For the second issue, no it's not. It's very easy to farm mats. One clear of Blackfell opening up all chests should last you days of repair. Platinum crystals aren't even rare, Blackfell is littered with Weapon and Gear Crate. This is even truer in hard mode server I noticed dramatic drop rate increases compared to novice server. I got so many legendary mods and weapon/armour drops from these crates.

[Not a Cop]

Originally posted by Prox-ie:

I don't know how worth it is yet, but I noticed in a guide there is a deviant called "Artisan's Touch" that gives you mats to create an item that can instantly repair the most degraded armor piece you're currently wearing. It drops off the smelter/forge elite in the Hearst refinery (check the guides section for a deviant one, it has them all listed, may have gotten the name wrong). Took me just under 2 hours of farming the elite, but I finally got it earlier tonight. Have yet to make an item though as I only just got the deviant set up on my territory so I need to let it make the mats for a while. Point being, I am hoping this will cut down on some of the repair costs, thought I'd share.

This is much more expensive than repairing at a bench and is intended for LEA LAB runs where your equipment often breaks before you can finish the dungeon.
As for OP I agree gear degrades too fast. I personally wish it didn't degrade at all because it adds zero enjoyment to the game (same as thirst/hunger mechanics) but I would settle for it being a little less of a nuisance. It's hard to believe anyone actually likes these things.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by NocheLuz:

This is the main reason why I would use Tier 1 equipment instead of Tier 5. In fact, I used Tier 1 gears until recently when I could not survive the late-game bosses attack.

I don't know how you survive using tier I gears lol. I always upgrade tier as soon as I'm at the required level.

[Quickdraw]

If they remove platinum crystals from repair components it will be ok.

[Catastrophe]

Never had an issue with repairs. Always had plenty of repair mats just playing the game. Stop trying to catch the bullets with your face and your gear will last longer. A tiny bit of tactics goes a long way. You don't even need good gear to do hardmode silos, so not sure what your issue is. Gear doesn't just passively take damage. You could use cover, and even deploy stardust shields and smoke bombs. At your playtime you should know this.

[SirSleepsAlot]

yeah i agree repairing takes crystals and we dont get that much of those we will have to constantly farm for crystals in order to craft and repair gear i sent them a suggestion to allow us to use any kind of crystals on any level gear meaning if ur wearing tier V gear u can still repair em with the same crystals u would use to repair all the previous tiers ofcourse with the difference in the amounts that would help us to always have the crystals to repair instead of having to grind a certain level zones also would hope they reduce the amount of resources required for repairs

[Azark]

Omg guys stop complaining, this game is so easy. First of all, get a proper bench, which increases your item durability 30%, secondly, don't repair everytime gear is at 90-80-70-60%, and third, a normal blackfell city loot run which takes 15 mins will get your enough rss to repair for 4-5 times. Enjoy.