Permanent Death Servers

[AlexNiculaie]

What kind of a fool would play on such a server with bafoons liable to let them die? If you would have read the first post in the thread you would understand that one of the merits for such a server is that it would build an extremely tight knit community. Players would party with freinds they know they can depend upon.

Seriously? So an entire server made up of pre-existing groups (after all, who would trust a stranger eough to play with them), which means no socializing outside of 8 others, and you think this would actually be viable enough to warrant an entire server of its own? And what happens when something goes wrong and everyone ends up dying? It's going to happen, I don't care how good a group you are, no-one is going to be able to go far without something screwing up. Just how many times do you honestly think people are going to want to repeat releveling their characters, with the exact same group (since no-one will talk to or trust starngers)? I can guarantee you that the novelty would wear thin, very quickly. Quick enough, in fact, that the server would be dead within a month.

Now, I could see a group doing something like this as a side activity. Probably would be fun to see how far you could get, but you don't need a separate server to do it on.

[Matsume]

Seriously? So an entire server made up of pre-existing groups (after all, who would trust a stranger eough to play with them), which means no socializing outside of 8 others, and you think this would actually be viable enough to warrant an entire server of its own? And what happens when something goes wrong and everyone ends up dying? It's going to happen, I don't care how good a group you are, no-one is going to be able to go far without something screwing up. Just how many times do you honestly think people are going to want to repeat releveling their characters, with the exact same group (since no-one will talk to or trust starngers)? I can guarantee you that the novelty would wear thin, very quickly. Quick enough, in fact, that the server would be dead within a month.

Now, I could see a group doing something like this as a side activity. Probably would be fun to see how far you could get, but you don't need a separate server to do it on.

The whole point is that players crazy enough to play on such a server would be recruiting static members from their main character's non perma death server. This is just the logical outcome. You said it yourself "probably would be fun to see how far you could get" and that's just hte point. All players would have a main character on a different server. Partying with a static group of friends you can trust only decreases the likelyhood that you will die by a strangers fault.

Yes I know one player disconnects and the whole party goes down. This is true for all games that have party based content and perma death (though i can only think of diablo) and people still play it. It's just meant to be a fun however difficult side activity if you will.

[Mamba]

Seriously? So an entire server made up of pre-existing groups (after all, who would trust a stranger eough to play with them), which means no socializing outside of 8 others, and you think this would actually be viable enough to warrant an entire server of its own? And what happens when something goes wrong and everyone ends up dying? It's going to happen, I don't care how good a group you are, no-one is going to be able to go far without something screwing up. Just how many times do you honestly think people are going to want to repeat releveling their characters, with the exact same group (since no-one will talk to or trust starngers)? I can guarantee you that the novelty would wear thin, very quickly. Quick enough, in fact, that the server would be dead within a month.

Now, I could see a group doing something like this as a side activity. Probably would be fun to see how far you could get, but you don't need a separate server to do it on.

I would imagine you make friends with your main character and make 2nds on perma death server for added fun...