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03-01-2011, 04:38 PM
As Scott pointed out I may be the resident expert on dying. 
I pretty much only play Vortar and he was made WAY before I undrstood how anything worked on the server.
For me permadeath isn't a good option...I play at odd hours and have no patience. If I come home from work and want to beat up stuff on Vortar that is what I do...with or without anyone else. This leads to dying because the general difficulty on the server is pretty high and as Scott pointed out everything is randomized. Sometimes you get a Banshee, sometimes the dread warriors crit you and blammo...fugue.
I'm ok with this, I view it as the price I have to pay for playing the way I want to play, and even have fun rp'ing about it. If however permadeath was instated..I would have to play WAY more cautiously, always group up and run from things etc. Fine I guess, but just not my playstyle and definately not as fun.
I got all of my freebies before level 3 because I really had NO idea what you could and couldn't do. I'm sure many new players are the same. I absolutely LOVE rp'ing with all the excellent players here and participating in the events, but if nobody is on and no events are running I don't want to hang up my keyboard.
The death penalty as it stands is pretty steep, especially for Vortar who also takes a 20% xp penalty for disparate level classes. Believe me, I try not to die but it happens, sometimes because I am charging a Tanari, sometimes because I lag out and wake up dead on the plains. I like to have the mulligan so I can continue to play if I want.
If others are into permadeath because it heightens their excitement, I figure all you have to do is NOT respawn. I personally would just prefer to be able to beat up trash mobs for fun and hope to meet my end in an event or something.
I pretty much only play Vortar and he was made WAY before I undrstood how anything worked on the server.
For me permadeath isn't a good option...I play at odd hours and have no patience. If I come home from work and want to beat up stuff on Vortar that is what I do...with or without anyone else. This leads to dying because the general difficulty on the server is pretty high and as Scott pointed out everything is randomized. Sometimes you get a Banshee, sometimes the dread warriors crit you and blammo...fugue.
I'm ok with this, I view it as the price I have to pay for playing the way I want to play, and even have fun rp'ing about it. If however permadeath was instated..I would have to play WAY more cautiously, always group up and run from things etc. Fine I guess, but just not my playstyle and definately not as fun.
I got all of my freebies before level 3 because I really had NO idea what you could and couldn't do. I'm sure many new players are the same. I absolutely LOVE rp'ing with all the excellent players here and participating in the events, but if nobody is on and no events are running I don't want to hang up my keyboard.
The death penalty as it stands is pretty steep, especially for Vortar who also takes a 20% xp penalty for disparate level classes. Believe me, I try not to die but it happens, sometimes because I am charging a Tanari, sometimes because I lag out and wake up dead on the plains. I like to have the mulligan so I can continue to play if I want.
If others are into permadeath because it heightens their excitement, I figure all you have to do is NOT respawn. I personally would just prefer to be able to beat up trash mobs for fun and hope to meet my end in an event or something.