Question about damage of 'broken' weapons.

[Xialoh]

Yesterday a max level player joined my game and gave me a really strong machete of some sort. I think it was nearly 2k damage, but I don't remember for sure. It was just about one shotting everything though, and I even survived a full night being chased by hunters at this electrical plant..was crazy.

In any case, all I want to know is about this thing now that it's broken essentially. I've noticed that I can still kill regular zombies with it, and as far as I can tell, it's still WAY more effective than all the blunt pipes and such that I was using before.

Is this broken weapon permanently usable for killing off fodder without wasting something more useful, or will it eventually shatter or something like that?

I have to say, I really hate the limited repair mechanic in this game. People use weapons for...years and years and years. There's no reason these things should be useless after plowing through a few husks.

[Ringus]

yeah it does get to me a bit to all these repairs and broken weapons. Wish there was a mod to at least reduce how quickly it degrades.

[Sammy]

The more deep you get into the story, the better and the more weapons you find, so there is no point in holding to one single weapon :/ If you have a 2k damage weap the game becomes boring... so enjoy it until you craft a 2k damage weapon on your own lol Also, there is a perk that when you repair your weapon, there is a chance it won't spend a repair slot.
I have the same weapons for weeks now, they don't broke because of that "Little chance" and Im not interested in finding new weapons because I already have like 3 or 4 waiting for the other one to break..

[fluffy]

Typical steam discussions, no relevant answers.

A broken weapon deals 10% of its base damage, and it won't disintegrate.

[Phil Mabole]

I'm sure i've seen a skill perk that reduces weapon damage...could be wrong tho.