im only lvl 25 but i heard a guildie who is vet2 saying that repair cost still kick him in the butt. That is why i mentioned blacksmith of certin lvl being able to repair the items if they had an x amount of mats. like iron armor repair with one ingot ect

hmm that would work as well....something to help with the costs atm when my armor is broke i just make new ones because its cheaper. but asi mentioned im a low lvl

there is no point in repairing until 50 lvl

While I never had the problem you're encountering, repairs where making my gold increasement like +200 per hour but that quickly changed as I ranked up more, The repairs are kinda heavy at low level, if you don't manage to sell like a bite or a motif you won't be sitting on a lot of gold untill veteran ranks.

Don't repair your gear, replace it. I've found oventimes it's cheaper to craft an almost-as-good white piece and then buy an enchant or use one from my bank to enchant it. Repair costs should be high, the only problem I have is how durability works (melee classes get punished much more than ranged classes since it is based directly on how many hits you take).

Read the whole forum post and they really need to either let crafters repair when they hit say veteren ranks or lower the decay on gear. I could easily just replace with pickups but what if u want to make matched sets of custom gear. It takes some time to make and there is no way to keep it upgraded economically which forces u to play with random pickups. That part bores me coz i like playing with nice lookin armor not mixed match.... also theres no point in upgrading anything past green .... stuff wears out faster than 7 crafter alts can get u mailed materials to replace (quality replacement). That makes purple and legendary pointless. Decided from here nothin higher than white for me. I looked up repair cost for Level 32 blue hat ... vendor repair is 240, repair kit 30 to 40 is 315, and the enchant ment to make another White replacement is 165.. so guess i will make a less power level 34 white gear... so the quality system and making matched armor is broken.... since it breaks so fast.

Also as others said most damage is just fighting ... helps if stay at range, melee takes a hit bad ... i dont die much and still see huge repairs. The answer is obvious but i DONT Like it ... Just make white armor/use pickups ... i WAS researching and matching armor sets just moving from 4 set matches to 5 set matches but seem pointless now since armor is such a disposable quality.

Please submit to ESO this bugged and whats the point selling/collecting/crafting armor if its worthless after one two hours in dungeon. At least make it so high quality armor BLUE, PURPLE, ORANGE decays less.

Im almost lvl 50 and I havent spend anything for repairing so far. I'll make use of repair as soon as I have ideal gear.

chaosngn_ESO wrote: »

Am I the only one who feels repair costs are way out of line?

Last night I got into a situation where I couldn't even teleport due to repair costs. I was literally down to 3g.

I'm okay with repair costs, but they seem to be a bit ridiculous.

I haven't read every thread, it's likely, I'm repeating the same thing..

From lvl 1 to say 30 ish.. don't repair. Level up and replace.. probably the cheapest way.

That said, selling loot instead of deconstructing them for crafting will also make you alot of money, if you don't craft, you'll probably have a much better income.

You can also gather resources and sell them for better income.

Once you get past 30, you really should start repairing.. your armour rating and damage output starts to be affected, die 10 times in a dungeon.. go repair before continuing.. you'll notice the difference.

Once you hit 40, you'll start getting repair bills of 1.5k just completing an instance and that's without dying.. esp if you play a tank or tank support. Melee really smashes you up. Or getting hit in general really.

Alternatively, you can swap out green items for new green items, I wouldn't waste making blue items until around 36+ until then just gather the resources. You should also have enough money to maybe buy hemming or honing stones from players by this time as well. You can also save by not respeccing.. but finding all the sky shards and using those points where you need them. Leave respecs to when you have the spare cash.

Katrisa wrote: »

So yes repair costs are way too high at lower levels. They are completely out of line. Enough so that I filed a bug on this issue today.

You filed a bug because you don't like the repair cost rate? No wonder the important bugs don't get looked at.

JunkyardWolf wrote: »

chaosngn_ESO wrote: »

Wow. That's good to know. Thanks for passing that along. But, the primary problem is outside of Cyrodil. You are spending half or more of what you've made on repairs.

If your spending that much maybe don't die so often? That's the only time my armor takes a significant hit.

I've been learning this the hard way too trying and dying way to many times and ending up with zeroes across my armor which at level 9 cost around 500K for the merchant or around 45 for each repair box--which was cheaper. My solution is to bail out of battles/quests when the going is way to tough and go do something else somewhere.

[Thus said this ISN'T what I've been doing. Rather, I've destroyed my character completely two times now caught up with intense frustration trying to figure out combat tactics. ]

Also, don't stay away from repairing so long and the cost will be much less from the merchant.

It's been confirmed by two techs that the PC can level up but the quest giving trouble stays at its original level--I think that might be very helpful... [if I would only follow the advice.]

Can't say I've ever really had a problem with repairs or money since beta, even after a bunch of instance wipes. I just don't die that often. And if I fall through the world, I NEVER /stuck. I always log out and in. That has fixed it perfectly every time without damaging my gear.

That being said, when I first started this game I was broke all the time because I was either being careless or had some horrible luck. I had to learn quickly that this is nothing like other mmorpg's in that I had to actually be mentally present or face to consequences of high repair bills or doing silly things like spending gold on unnecessary things. I am not saying that people with high repairs aren't paying attention, just saying that this is my personal experience. I personally don't have to capacity to give something part of my attention and do well. It needs to have my undivided eyeballs.

I try to balance it out by selling what I can in one of the 4 trading guilds I'm in. I'm also working all crafting professions except for enchanting. So I'm basically only selling provisioning recipes that I've already learned, blues that I already have the trait researched for, and runes/glyphs.

Also: Making money isn't just about what you make, it's about what you save as well.

Hope this helps and take my post with a grain of salt as I haven't had any coffee which can have me sounding grouchier than I really am :P

xMovingTarget wrote: »

Well, today i had a repair bill of ~1800 for VR6/7 gearmix blue and purple. Thats quite much. Since i didnt even die. Cost is only like normal use and decay of some sort.
Only did a group public dungeon and some worldbosses/dolmen. Took around 30 minutes. So i dont know. Its pretty damn costly with such a decay when just playing without dying.

Yikes, that is pretty steep for not even dying.

Has anyone played with their armor gone down to 0%? Does it break and fall off, or does it stay on anyway? And how much difference does it really make in your overall performance?

I think the 'repair all' button also does everything in your bank etc, so that could be contributing to the high cost if you have old broken armor laying around waiting to get researched.

And if you can, try to trade your more expensive items in person. The guild store/mail can charge an arm and a leg for a deposit. I lost a big chunk of cash by listing something in the guild store for almost 3k.