The decay cost to add/remove armour/clothes is obviously not so much to do with server lag I suspect but rather just yet another way for
MA to squeeze money out of us.
I for one am not happy about this, I like to change my ava's clothes regularly daily, let alone armour.
No mention of anything about giving pets a reason to exist either.
Time to look around for another game I think,
MA is killing this one, it's a game only for rich depositors, everyone stands next to no chance of progress and the hype is bullsh1t.