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Repairing heavy high grade armor now requires Perfected Heavy Padding. This is the most material expensive part when making the armor, requiring 31 hardened leather, 10 elephant hide and 5 twine.
That means that repairing the armor will take nearly as much material as making a new piece of armor. That seems excessive.