Repair of Crafted Clothing - Too Expensive

[Mudder]

A quick cost benefit analysis of repairing crafted gear vs. creating new gear shows it's clearly better to build from scratch again for some.

In order for the repair to be worth the cost of materials it needs to restore more condition as if it were built from scratch.

Sure, it'll cost a lot of in game time but over all that's a cheap price as it doesn't require much food or water to sustain yourself during that period. However, the price of an entire skin + guts for a measly

deer pants: 3 skin 4 gut

wolf coat: 4 skin 4 gut

deer boot: 2 skin 4 gut

rabbit mittens: 4 skin 2 gut

Repair cost for 30% condition gain: 1 skin 1 gut

Did a few quick equations and the boots and mittens are not worth the repair cost vs. creating from scratch. The easy fix? Make repairing them give more condition or remove the gut requirement.

[selfless]

I think it a mistake to assume 70% quality hide clothing is still worth 70% of its base components. At that point, it usually feels like time for either a repair or a replacement. 30% for these high insulation clothes is many degrees of warmth, unlike say underwear or a toque. Upgrading them back to 100% does cost the 1 hide and 1 gut, but making a new then would cost a pricey 1-3 skins and 2-4 guts (cuz you can salvage one hide from the wreckage). Even if one allows their clothes to degrade to 40% before repairs, only the boots come close to economical, costing 1 hide and 3 guts to build vs. 2 and 2 to repair.

Also, wear on sewing implements is greater to craft anew than to do repairs. Expressed with relations to timeline, I think repairs do make economical sense. Very few clothes get worn to zero.

[whisperwind777]

Repairing is ALWAYS more economical than crafting.

Because you can have an infinite supply of skins and guts but only a finite number of sewing kits and fishing tackles. Crafting a new pair of deer boots or deer pants costs you 75% of a sewing kit, while repairing costs you only 5% a time.

Furthermore, repairing costs you less time. Thus fewer calories and less water, saving you lumber and food.