Damaged weapon

[donfilibuster]

Only bother with binding for items of lv 2 and higher. (lv 1 don't have minimum level so binding don't even work right)
Besides lv 1 items and are either bound already or useless.

Also note that once you get the hang of the game and begin to level up faster you will outlevel your weapons so you can let them wear a little, to then sell them to help buy new ones.

[Qindark]

Only bother with binding for items of lv 2 and higher. (lv 1 don't have minimum level so binding don't even work right)
Besides lv 1 items and are either bound already or useless.

Also note that once you get the hang of the game and begin to level up faster you will outlevel your weapons so you can let them wear a little, to then sell them to help buy new ones.

But you can't sell damaged items...they have to be repaired first.

[Ainimache]

Just something else to help calm your mind. As far as I've ever noticed, even when an item is down to zero and "broken", once I repair even IF it takes any permanent damage, it's only 1 point of permanent damage.

So if it had a max durability of 40, I wear it out on slimes to 0/40, and it does take permanent damage when I repai it (which bound to character items don't), it will only go down to 39/39. If it gets damaged->repaired->perma damaged again, it'll be 38/38. It takes a while to actually wear an item down (weapon/armor/other worn gear) with permanent damage so far that it's dangerous to carry around anymore.

And for the first...probably at least 10 levels, you'll level up fast enough that you can get rid of items that are permanently damaged long before that perma-damage becomes a problem.

I can't say much past level 10-12, because in the 13 months I've played, I keep getting alt-itis and starting a new concept, so haven't gotten anything past 13.

Have fun, and welcome to the game!


Edit to respond to: "But you can't sell damaged items...they have to be repaired first"
That's true, but a lot of the gear you get on Korthos is starter gear, which you can't sell at all anyway. Repaired or not. You just have to destroy it.

[Nyvn]

yes things in your backpack can take damage or even get destroyed outright. Cant tell you how many times some fire blast destroyed some teleport scrolls.

Only fragile items such as scrolls and potions can be destroyed in your backpack.

[donfilibuster]

But you can't sell damaged items...they have to be repaired first.

u can sell to players and auction, too good weapons to just vendor :-/

ooh, and i have lost a bunch of major sp pots to a living meteor, that was so annoying

[Gremmlynn]

Slimes break/eat everything only thing that slimes won't damage are "Blueshine equipment" and stuff made out of "Glass."

Or cloth, I use handwraps until better comes along.

[Fomori]

Only bother with binding for items of lv 2 and higher. (lv 1 don't have minimum level so binding don't even work right)
Besides lv 1 items and are either bound already or useless.

Also note that once you get the hang of the game and begin to level up faster you will outlevel your weapons so you can let them wear a little, to then sell them to help buy new ones.

no min level items are treated as being level 20 for the stone of change binding, so it takes (20^2) or 400 fragments.

[Gremmlynn]

Ah. Technically its masterwork with 1 extra fire damage. I wouldn't really bother binding it. You'll soon have better.

That weapon is bound to character when you get it, so no perm damage.

Also, for the OP, hang on to that until you get a batter fire or acid weapon as it will shut off the regen on things like trolls and ogre mages.

[Fomori]

But you can't sell damaged items...they have to be repaired first.

You cannot sell an item that is damaged (ie. Durability 20/40) to a NPC. However, you can sell an item to a NPC that has had its permanent Durability reduced via damage (ie. same item as above but now 36/36... sellable).

[Gremmlynn]

You cannot sell an item that is damaged (ie. Durability 20/40) to a NPC. However, you can sell an item to a NPC that has had its permanent Durability reduced via damage (ie. same item as above but now 36/36... sellable).

Price goes down though.

[Kinerd]

It's worth pointing out that equipment (at least weapons and armor) with the Starter property costs significantly more to repair than equipment without it.

Just a last doubt: here they say (last post #15) http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=151198 that the chance your item gets permanently damaged does not depend on when you get it repaired, confirmed by developers. True?

I don't know if it was confirmed by developers or not, but it was confirmed by calculus, and calculus is much more reliable. You can find the derivation here.

[tempest99]

Just something else to help calm your mind. As far as I've ever noticed, even when an item is down to zero and "broken", once I repair even IF it takes any permanent damage, it's only 1 point of permanent damage.

So if it had a max durability of 40, I wear it out on slimes to 0/40, and it does take permanent damage when I repai it (which bound to character items don't), it will only go down to 39/39. If it gets damaged->repaired->perma damaged again, it'll be 38/38. It takes a while to actually wear an item down (weapon/armor/other worn gear) with permanent damage so far that it's dangerous to carry around anymore.

Wait...so permanent damage means only damage on durability? I thought it was also maybe on damage/attack roll...that changes a lot, it is much less serious that what i thought! Please confirm. thanks

[Kinerd]

Permanent damage means only damage on durability and monetary value. Neither permanent nor temporary damage have any effect on damage, to-hit, procs, etc.