Wear and Tear Costs

[Jockgit64]

Has anyone else noticed that Wear and Tear repair has gone through the roof? I am pretty sure this used to be free, just a touch up on your paint, but today I forked out 500+ CR after 5 or 6 Jumps, this can't be right can it?

Also, if you don't repair Wear and Tear does it have a detrimental effect on the ship or is it purely cosmetic?

[Wolf]

Yes, Michael already admitted to the prices being a bit high
They will be tweaked: https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthrea ... ost1197954

[Commiekaze]

The way I understood it originally is that wear and tear has no perfomance impact at the moment but if local authorities see you, they have a higher chance of scanning your ship as you look suspicious. Last night, someone on TeamSpeak suggested the opposite and that no one will suspect you if your ship looks like it hasn't been washed in a year. Other than that, I dont think it has an effect on your and thus there is no reason to fix it for such high prices until they fix it. Brooksie did announce that the wear and tear costs will be tweaked, but no idea when.

For the record, my repair bill on wear and tear is 7 million credits.

[Jockgit64]

Thanks Wolf, interesting Link you posted. It does seem that Wear and Tear will affect Reputation as well.

Commiekaze, all I can say is "OUCH!"

[Zarkon]

Paint jobs need to last more than 1 to 2 jumps, especially at those prices.

See, this is why we can't have nice things.

[Flip]

Question is: do wear and tear affect only the paintjob? I've read somewhere that all the ship's systems were (or would be) affected. Dunno if this is implemented, but if it is, that might explain the high costs.

[Commiekaze]

From Gamma 2.01

Balanced wear values down by a large amount across all sources

WE ARE SAVED. PRAISE BRABEN.