Odd move to be able to sell damaged items and get a free repair on the AH - when combined with the forthcoming dramatic increase in repair costs?

Only thing I can think of is that they want to encourage people to use something for a level or so then sell it on?

Based on my one play through I felt the AH was OP due to floods of gear on there, shouldn't this move exacerbate that?

Not sure I'll have a second play through this game. I found the game pretty shallow in all respects. "Level design", for want of a better description, was very meh. The whole loot mechanic was totally lost to the AH. I sense a lot of excellent backstory, but the actual story in the game was meh. Combat was really meh, though I'll put that down to playing Barb on normal difficulty.

OK it was about worth my time & money, but I'm not itching for another play through or anything.