You can use it until it breaks, remember they made it so items just become unusable if they break? :s So go ahead and break your rares, you'll get them back
Ipwn_ wrote:oh.. can we get an eta on the next update?
I'd go for as soon as it's done. We are still brainstorming on extra content for D5. Meanwhile, I just keep adding small stuff to the patch (I often update the list there : viewtopic.php?f=2&t=19336)