Is there a point to breaking down gear?

I'm in the 3rd area & since the start of the game I've been breaking down all my gear for resources. I recently realized that it was more efficient to just sell my gear, buy the resources it would've originally gave me, & profit extra money after. From what I understand now the only reason to break down something is if you can't fast travel, or if you simply don't feel like finding a merchant (even though there's quite a few everywhere) OR if it's a unique because adra is kinda limited so by selling unique gear your deleting adra from your game.

Is there anything I'm missing? Please let me know.