Quote Originally Posted by Teraluna View Post
The mettle penalty is one of the worst features this game has introduced. A similar loss of item level feature was one of the reasons the Aion playerbase deserted the game (and I was there). I hoped never to see anything like that again. Yet here we are, with Bozja doing it's best to mimic a penalty that kills player numbers.
To be fair, the reason this hasn't is that it is a side activity and not really part of the main game. If it was the main game there would be riots. Given the armor they have from tomestones is dark souls inspired, I think they thought that having a mettle penalty in the side for dying plus the armor would be a great way to give a nod towards that game, especially since Shadowbringers was supposed to be the "dark and gritty" expansion. Albeit I didn't really find it that dark. I was more so glad we had a relatable villain.