u/Ultimatejacob27

Here's my suggestion for how I think durability should be reworked (since I know they're looking to rework it):

Items have limited durability. When durability runs out, the item is not destroyed, but becomes "broken" and is unusable. Items can be repaired with repair kits, but doing so reduces the items efficacy (not durability, but damage, mining speed, protection, ect.). An item can be restored to its full efficacy by reforging it with the same types of materials used to craft the item. The amount of materials required does not increase per repair, but remains constant (and is not necessarily the same amount used to craft it). Any random or custom item modifiers are retained and not rerolled when reforging.

edit: Okay it sounds like stat reductions are unpopular. So how about we keep the max durability reduction instead like it already is, but reforging using the crafting materials brings it back up to its original max durability. This will give you a reason to continue collecting those materials post endgame without nerfing or having to replace your gear.

Okay so there are a lot of misunderstandings about infinity, and I may be in that group of people, but, contrary to the "correct" interpretation, I generally like to see infinity has a number, one that does worth with arithmetic. Don't get me wrong, I get the concept of "as x approaches infinity", meaning it just won't ever stop increasing, but also is never, at any point "infinite". I think that's the distinction. One is an abstract concept about not having a limit, and one is a slightly less abstract concept of a single value that is always greater than anything else. I feel like there are two different concepts that could be referred to by the term infinity, and when people think if the single number version, they just get corrected by people thinking of the limits version. Maybe because there isn't much use for the single number version? Or is there another name for what I'm describing? Does this idea not make sense to others, cause it makes sense to me.

For example, while infinity times zero doesn't work at all when infinity is basically an abstract concept, if you take the other definition I suggest, I believe infinity times zero would be zero, as infinite zeros adds up to nothing and zero infinities is no infinities.

Please be nice I know this is non-conventional but it works too well in my head to disregard