Believe me, I feel your pain on this. Though it is a realistic part of MMORPG economics, it is one of my least favorite parts of the experience in general. Nevertheless, it is part of the world of Seven Swords, so I feel that new players should be clued to the fact that you weapons and armor will weaken with use.
That's right, just attacking an enemy with your sword or bow will wear down its durability. Durability is like the HP of the item. The lower it gets, the weaker and less effective the weapon or armor becomes. Once it reaches zero, the item is no longer a supplement to your base stats. So your Crimson blade or whatever will be as effective as punching enemies with your fists. Likewise, if you armor degrades your total defense goes slowly down until you are back at your base defense stats, which are usually pretty low, regardless of level. To sum up, you'll do less damage and blows from enemies will hurt you a lot worse.
Since the technology necessary to make wear visually apparent our your equipment does not yet exist (at least not on the iPhone), the game keeps track of this with the Durability stat to which I keep referring. This stat can be viewed by accessing the item in your inventory menu. On the item's stats pane, the "Durability" level is clearly visible is usually in the thousands for weapons in good condition - if you check this and see that your equipment is in the hundreds, or at zero, you know you have a problem. So that's why it takes all day to kill those weak monsters! Probably.
Check through your equipment occasionally to be certain that your durability is up where it needs to be; just like in real life, if you take care of your gear, it takes care of you.
Now, since durability is always being depleted, one naturally begins to wonder what is to be done about replenishing it. If you've played Morrowind, Oblivion, or just about any other large-scale RPG, you probably already know to start seeking out repair tools. That is where in-game economics can get you. The easiest way to get them is to buy them with coins at the Seven Store. I believe they can be found in the "consumables" category (I'll check on that). They're not the most expensive thing on the list, but the nice lady certainly isn't giving them away. Buy what she is selling and you'll have a set of 10 to repair as needed.
How do they work? Well, they're like potions for equipment. One hammer will restore all of the durability for most types of standard equipment, so a set of ten could last a while if you're smart.
to fix equipment, you will want to open you inventory and select the item in your list. When the stat panel for the item is displayed, you will see the durability at the top. Assuming it is low enough to warrant a repair, touch the tiny "Fix" icon and the repair dialog will appear. This basically works like assigning skills, touch the hammer on the left and confirm the repair - durability restored! Now you have a good-as-new piece of gear and one less hammer.
I think that one used to be able to buy repair hammers at the item shop (as opposed to the Seven Store) but I will have to check on this as well, since it has been a while. That said, repair hammers are not to be confused with "Build Hammers" which are those ungodly-expensive upgrade tools sold at the item shop for upgrading gear. Repair hammers are just for Fixing equipment and cannot increase their ability, only restore it to "like new" condition.
Few things affect durability like getting trounced by enemies. If you are one of the illustrious "Zombie" or "Dead Master" characters out there, you may be in need of repairs.
Keep your equipment in top condition in order to get the job done as efficiently as possible! ^^
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