I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.
I know it was never a major mechanic but I feel like a disproportionate level of immersion has been lost to its removal. There's not the same sense of urgency to get a masterwork shotgun out of a fire, and no repercussions for leaving it in the rain.
If I could make any change it would be that the deterioration to effect ratio doesn't necessarily need to be linear, but I'd take it back in any form.
I know it was never a major mechanic but I feel like a disproportionate level of immersion has been lost to its removal. There's not the same sense of urgency to get a masterwork shotgun out of a fire, and no repercussions for leaving it in the rain.
If I could make any change it would be that the deterioration to effect ratio doesn't necessarily need to be linear, but I'd take it back in any form.