to create a sense of nervousness..

[Argh]

requires a risk vs. reward system. to enter battle and travel the world with no concequences is the same as playing a lifeless mmo that is devoid of danger, thrill, and opportunistic excitement. a meaningful death penalty transforms a meaningless world.

[Wolfie]

Sounds about right.

But why is a sense of nervousness good again?

[darkstarpoet1]

i have to disagree. a severe death penalty promotes cautious and less exciting play. a penalty too strict leads to people fighting mobs that have no chance of beating them so that they don't have a chance to die. i prefer to fight tougher mobs knowing that it will take everything going well to win.

[Wolfie]

i have to disagree. a severe death penalty promotes cautious and less exciting play. a penalty too strict leads to people fighting mobs that have no chance of beating them so that they don't have a chance to die. i prefer to fight tougher mobs knowing that it will take everything going well to win.

Yes, thank you. For most of my time in FFXI, nobody wanted to do some of the more obscure NMs (like Vuloptuous Vivian) and people stuck to leveling on crabs and tame, boring mobs through most levels. It wasn't fun at all, because more than half of the game world went unused and unexplored. The risk was too big for rewards that were too small.

[Hikozaemon]

Yes, thank you. For most of my time in FFXI, nobody wanted to do some of the more obscure NMs (like Vuloptuous Vivian) and people stuck to leveling on crabs and tame, boring mobs through most levels. It wasn't fun at all, because more than half of the game world went unused and unexplored. The risk was too big for rewards that were too small.

I lost like 6 lvls on blm once tryin to kill Jorg in the most retarded way ever and i know i lost at least 4 lvls trying to kill P warden lol then i would get asinine comments from ls members asking me why my blm and pld were not 75 anymore ....... durp durp zombieing HNMS to death noob lses.

[Leyza]

i have to disagree. a severe death penalty promotes cautious and less exciting play. a penalty too strict leads to people fighting mobs that have no chance of beating them so that they don't have a chance to die. i prefer to fight tougher mobs knowing that it will take everything going well to win.

I agree.

Creating too harsh of death penalties (such as loss of XP, loss of items, deleted character, etc.) removes some of the fun in a game. I think the current death penalties (loss of travel time and a small debuff) are enough. Nothing else needs to be added to it.

[Hikozaemon]

i have to disagree. a severe death penalty promotes cautious and less exciting play. a penalty too strict leads to people fighting mobs that have no chance of beating them so that they don't have a chance to die. i prefer to fight tougher mobs knowing that it will take everything going well to win.

I loved being a galka beastmaster in ff11 and my chr being so darn awful that i risked dying even trying to charm a dc mob in the 60s in The Boyhda Tree lol.

[Ventus]

i have to disagree. a severe death penalty promotes cautious and less exciting play. a penalty too strict leads to people fighting mobs that have no chance of beating them so that they don't have a chance to die. i prefer to fight tougher mobs knowing that it will take everything going well to win.

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[Skeloton]

I agree with those who'd disagreed with OP.

I'd rather play Resident Evil 2 if I wanted to lose all confidence in my ability to kill monsters

[Wynn]

I think death penalties have to walk a fine line because if it is too light you end up with zerg tactics (which are NOT fun), but if it is too harsh players will stick to tried and true methods and will poo-poo any kind of experimentation or "outside the box" thinking (also NOT fun).