and frankly, even if we did RAISE repairs, that would only work to hurt new players more. 99% of the player base who have been playing for a few years could still afford to lose 2k a round and have more than enough gold.
As it is now, repairs only fuck noobs. That's the problem with them. They don't serve any purpose in balancing high level/gear play, instead just destroy a noobs wallet and turns them away before they get more invested in the game.