Mafiosis

I don't think the item decaying idea is too bad if it's slow enough. Maybe have the item fully break when the durability reaches 0 instead of being able to fully repair it again. That way you can still keep items indefinitely if you take care of them (repair before 0), but if they're just left too long without being repaired or on inactives that get attacked they will eventually break and disappear like crystalline. You could possibly have guild members team up to take out a rival guilds gear. Epic gear could have extra lives like an SSI type of thing. Epics have 3 chances to hit 0 before fully breaking and being rubbish, maybe T5 epics are invulnerable as a bonus for fully upgrading. That could also add extra buffs like SSI but for your gear to give it a temporary extra life while the buff is up. Just an idea I had

I personally don't hate the idea of a reset option. I would prefer it if there was a level cap and you could only reset once you hit that cap instead of just whenever you want. For example limit players to 4,000 levels, once they hit 4,000 they have the option of resetting and starting again or staying where they are but not being able to level up anymore. Basically end the game at 4,000. Once they reset they lose all of their levels and gold on hand (possibly bank too. Or even a gold fee to reset) and the reset/prestige counter on their profile goes up 1 and they receive a special item or potion.

I do agree though that items and upgrades should be kept. Except for possibly max stamina upgrade, although I would still recommend keeping that. Medals could be added for resetting a certain amount of times. It would also be cool to have the option to participate in reset challenges. For example timed runs to the next reset, having to level without the use of a type of item like boots or gloves, possibly even have it so that every 2 or 3 days your character automatically drops a level. Obviously that would all be optional for the player. Just another way to add medals and achievements and keep the game challenging and different every time a player resets.

Updated the list after a couple more weeks making avatars. The hero/avengers avatar text looks better with a shorter name. Also still taking requests for avatars here or through message in game