Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-26005008-20160407215658/@comment-3547390-20160719222224

Exactly. I did that quite a bit in my playthrough, 240 hours every time. I actually would never advise waiting and exploring, since the game tends to not conserve data. If you go away from the city, you may return to find out that your sword no longer is there. Due to always being in town and resting at a nearby inn, this never happened to me.

If your weapon is breaking too much, I would definitely look towards investing in one of the higher tier materials. I think the higher the material, the longer it lasts. Once I got ebony, I pretty much never had to repair that sword ever again. Do note that repairing does restore charges though, so you will still want to do it for any enchanted things with amazing effects that you find. My playthrough pretty much revolved around me gathering a variety of magical swords, then using them to get out of deadly situations, while stocking up in a ridiculous supply of gold so I could spam the best potions in the game without fear.