Turn over of owner is good, but turn over of items is bad. So solution make repairs easier but still have items degrade.
I propose two things:
1) Change the item repair cost from specific items to a gold cost. adventurers will still need to either sell common items or earn the gold in some way to pay for the repair.
2) When items falls to 0% durability they do not simply disappear, they lose all their stats but the item itself remains in name only. The stats will have to be regained after it has been repaired. This still encourages noble/advy interaction and the advy can still run off with the item if they so wish. But items will remain in the game on the island to accumulate a history.
