Condition

Condition represents the amount of durability your equipment has remaining. Every time you are attacked and not missed, all equipped items take damage. This damage is affected by your upkeep stat and by the type of item; some gear is much more durable than others.

If an equipped item is at 0%, you will receive ego penalties when entering battle. These penalties are applied upon entering a forum, before you attack, although a warning notification will only appear after you make your first move. Your ego bar's max value will be at the correct penalized level while inside a forum, but your character sheet will show your unpenalized max.

While there is no additional penalty for having multiple broken pieces of equipment, every forum entered with at least one broken item equipped will increase the ego penalty one level. The five levels of penalty are 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 90% reduction. Entering a forum with no broken items will reset the penalty. This resetting was the basis for the tactic known as streaking, which doesn't work anymore.

Equipment may be repaired by visiting Bruce Bear's Fix-All. For a nominal fee, he will repair your items up to 100%. Broken gear may also be sold at The_Ppwn_Shoppe! for their regular sale price.

Interestingly, broken gear will still provide its full benefits. This includes items that give +ego, although their bonus will be affected by the penalty.