was Posted:

Could the broken equipment penalty be bumessed at the time the equipment brakes? So that when my computer becomes broken on the third thread of a forum, I am right then penalized 20% ego. I checked and the game seems to update the condition of an item during battle.

The problem with that would be it allows streaking again. Repair to 1%, enter forum, get attacked, take 20% ego penalty. Unless perhaps you get further ego penalties for further attacks (perhaps too powerful though unless they’re reduced from 20% or capped somehow)

Another option would be to add another item stat – permanent damage. If you leave a battle with equipment at 0%, the item recieves 1 point of permanent damage. Once it reaches (say) 10 the item is lost. There could also be an effect on the items other stats, 9 points of permanent damage would cause the items to work at 10% of its original efficiency.