Can everyone please read this, idk, set it as your signature or something tape it to your butt so people see it and go like "oh yeah right."
durability is for immersion in an rpg durability is not fun durability does not balance anything it immerses you
in a survival game, it is used for balance
this isn't a survival game
Let's not get shackled by 'realism' to the point of introducing unfun tedium.
Futhermore, the repair process goes like this. I open my inventory I right-click on an item with yellow/orange indicator on it I see a bar go from empty to full in about a second I completely lose a repair hammer
Does any of that sound immersive to any of you? It wasn't immersive for me either.
Edit: If the system is changed to provide a richer experience, keeping it could be good, but as-is it's a case of less-is-more.