You can max that out, so it isn't indefinite.tecnically you can by reforging and equiping stat boosting armors, equipments etc
Nah. People will always try the weapons/armor to see if they like it.The problem with this is that it could make the game feel stale if you find a particularly powerful weapon early on.
if upgrading is easy then they just won't bother getting new stuff because there's no reason to.Nah. People will always try the weapons/armor to see if they like it.
If upgrading is easy then they will upgrade the new stuff too.
If upgrading is difficult then the gap between upgraded old stuff and new stuff isn't going to be huge.
Upgrading won't be free though. So you still have to "do work". If you want to skip a boss and spend time buffing up your existing stuff, that should be allowed.if upgrading is easy then they just won't bother getting new stuff because there's no reason to.
If upgrading is hard literally no one will bother with it until endgame.