Limited Use Items

[DragonGlaive]

My suggestion is to make rare items that have a limited amount of uses. Maybe something like 1000 fights, and then it disappears. I'm sure this could be easily done, ecause we already have durability for armor, the only difference would be that the limited weapons/armor would be unrepairable. This would really, really help the game last longer after a wipe before it gets to the point that it's at now. The number of uses could be random within a range, maybe as low as 500 or as high as 5,000. Level 8 rares should last longer than level 3 rares, simply because they are harder to find and people will need to fight longer between finding rares. If you ran out of rares, you'd have to fight with shop items. I would suggest keeping the current "unlimited" rare items, but making them significantly rarer, maybe 5x as rare as they are now. These will become quite valuable, especially if someone wants to start a char from level 1 with good equips, they'll need an unlimited weapon. The limited rares should be maybe just half as rare as they are now. That way, people find rare items more often, but they will constantly need new ones. I have to go right now but I'll post more about this idea later. What do you think about it?

[Bear05]

i'm not fully sold on it, but it is an interesting idea

[Keseka]

Reminds me of the ethereal items from diablo 2exp.. although they didn't drop more often, they had there own uses..

i would say if this were done, keep the unrepairable rares at the current drop rate and make them slightly better for damage, but slightly worse for hp/mp mods (so that its as even as possible for everyone), also maybe (just as a thought...) some huge amount of refined ore (unlikely i know..) could recharge them slightly.. like 30%. Then make normal rares that can be repaired 2-3x rarer. also i would say the same for supers (2x drop rate for unrepairables and the current for norms) but they would have to have a lot more time before they broke..