It's just like no one want to do the treasure hunt in the Sands for their equipment, or anything else. Not necessarily logout, but avoid fighting since it is not enjoyable.

On the flip side, I as a player don't enjoy a full or half sac of items, so I won't make a warbanner and take the hit on having a war banner that isn't as good since made without items. I was just suggesting a compromise in that it breaks the items. It is still a pain to get gold to repair it, but not as bad as trying to get that equipment back that you can't get alone.

Also, other people who have not played orcs often, may not realize that war banner destroys things and often get people pissed at them for taking half their stuff they can't use, but most the time the orcs have no clue what happened.

Personally think it is stupid to have it destroy half a person random things, but we are obviously in disagreement there.