Originally Posted by
Shift
I personally feel the current death penalty is just fine.
- The Raise spell has a long enough cooldown to prevent spamming
- Weakness will hurt you but wont prevent you from re-engaging battle
- Brink of Death will severely penalize your stats, completely nerfing your ability to fight at all
- Cost of repairs are significant enough if you have to repair via NPC. Or you have to invest a significant amount of time in crafting in order to repair your own gear. Not everyone has a pocket-repairer buddy on hand 24/7, especially new players.