I voted yes on this. While I do understand that the repair costs are a gold sink, this would be a good feature.

I would like to add that maybe as a way to balance it against the gold sink would be that if a player repairs your armor it would lower the total avalible durability.

Just my thought on the issue.

Interesting idea. Yes, logically I think we should. Given the astronomical cost of repair bills this would likely become a service players would advertise/seek in the trade channels.

There should be a level limit - someone who has just started blacksmithing shouldn't be able to repair legendary level 50 armor. An interesting twist on this might be to create some chance of wrecking the gear permanently if the crafter's skill level is too low. For the same reason you wouldn't let your teenage niece who's just received a sewing machine repair your designer outfit, there should be consequences to the equivalent in-game.

If doing repairs leveled skills even slightly, there would be a lot of people wanting to provide this service. That would likely result in repairs being free though, so the developers may not want to go down that road.

i am assuming this means other players, as you can repair your own armor, which i do think is important for an elder scrolls game.

the reason i voted no is primarily because this would be a rather bulky implementation - quite alot of work. i do not think the slight benefit would warrant the amount of work.

had they a system like EQ2 where you open a window to allow other crafters to craft with mats in your inventory already in place, which i love, i would vote differently.

I've always found it weird that you could make stuff but couldn't repair it. Or at least make repair kits yourself. Seems counter-intuitive.

it'd be useful in dungeons, i guess. maybe allow players to repair for less, too. then again, if players could do it for free, it'd completely eliminate a gold sink, which isn't good.

I like being a skill clothier and not having the skills to repair my own armor. It's really cool that the local Chef NPC has the skills to repair my armor, or the wandering merchant can do it. /end sarcasm.

mattriddle wrote: »

it'd be useful in dungeons, i guess. maybe allow players to repair for less, too. then again, if players could do it for free, it'd completely eliminate a gold sink, which isn't good.

There could be a price in gold for the materials needed to repair. As is generally the case in real life, you could save some money with a bit of DIY even after paying for the materials.

I Feel Repair should be only possible at an apropriate station for the Gear and You need to be able to build that gear (Maybe with a repair cap on different styles like 90% on an unknown style) and Maybe even a new skill line at a given level same as craft level

repair with soulgems morph ftw

The answer is right here in the elder scrolls series...let's look back to Oblivion or Morrowind. You bought repair hammers for gold, and they had x amount of uses (or an x% of breaking) and repaired x% of your gear per hit, according to your armourer skill.

Why not put in "repair hammers" for each skill line? They would effectively function the same as repair kits except they would have multiple uses, each would be particular to one skill line, and their effectiveness would scale with your rank in that skill. That way it makes it a little cheaper for non crafters who are willing to take the time to buy and use "hammers," and a nice side bonus for dedicated crafters.

You could even tie in a small bonus to amount repaired when repairing at a workbench if these "hammers" can be used in the field, for immersion. You'll do a better job hammering out dings in your breastplate at an anvil that on an oblong and somewhat lumpy rock.

EDIT: I also like the idea of only being able to repair researched traits. So anyone can repair basic armour, but only a master blacksmith can work on your super epic legendary quality enchanted max level breastplate . Cause we both know you'd just break it.