Is dying while naked cheaper than dying with clothes?

Question

While running a flash point my group decided to suicide instead of making the long lonley run back to the start point. We were wondering if dying naked was less expensive than wearing your gear.

Does the damage to gear from death apply only to equipped gear or to gear in your bags as well.

Answer

This is another instance of "asking the wrong question". After completing a flash point, you can simply click on "Exit Instance" (it appears directly above your minimap) to be teleported out - no need to taste death.

That said, your primary question was worth investigating anyway.

I initially did not know the answer to this, so I made a new character to test it.

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Characters start out with boots, pants, and chest items. These all started with full durability.

I immediately stowed the boots in my pack, and went off to make some friends. Friends who wanted to shoot me.

Thus acquainted, I took stock of my boots and my slacks.

Taking off my boots had spared them from a grisly fate! Huzzah!

So from this, I can state with certainty: if you're trying to corpse-hop from place to place, strip down to your skivvies to save on repair bills.

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