Thoughts on the death system...

[Brandy02]

I know what you think:
"Not again a death system thread"

But I have two suggestions you might want to consider.
1. Being stuck in the FEN is a daunting thought. So I would like a timer that would allow a respawn after some time out of the fun (with full XP penalty of course).

2. Checking the dead ones inventory for the diamonds first and take them first to pay the ress. That would make helping a goner easier, if he has the needed diamonds, but his friends would have to pool all their gold to pay the ress.

I don't know if it is possible to script these things or if they are already in the making. But I wanted to share them.

Cheers, Brandy02

[Konchuu]

I think that a timer on death is a really good idea.

[Ethelo]

I like 1)

2) however will cause problems. There'll always be people who will simply loot the corpses for the diamonds and move on.

EDIT: maybe just make it lootable for party members. That way the player has some control on who he is looted by.

[R3VOLV360]

2) however will cause problems. There'll always be people who will simply loot the corpses for the diamonds and move on.

I wasn't aware you could loot corpses?

[Jaeram]

I think a timer on death would be a good idea too, and it might help some of the evil characters who were concerned that when all their signi ran out they'de be pretty much dead for good (granted I don't play evil, I just think it would suck, but 2 or 3 days out of the fray would be reasonable in my opinion). Instead of making a system where party members check your corpse for diamonds and worry about other players stealing your stuff, maybe it could be scripted to where when the corpse is taken to the temple the NPC who performs the raise would check the corpse/inventory and if there are enough diamonds they could use the players own diamonds, if not the persons friends would have to buy enough diamonds or he'd have to wait for a few days in the fen. Just my thoughts the timer was a good idea in my opinion though.

[Lanemeyer]

Mmm, sounds a good idea to me

[Vekin]

I like 1)

2) however will cause problems. There'll always be people who will simply loot the corpses for the diamonds and move on.

EDIT: maybe just make it lootable for party members. That way the player has some control on who he is looted by.

I think the idea was the diamonds on the dead player would be counted first then the diamonds on the person casting the raise. Example would be dead player has 4 diamonds so the cleric would need 4 to cast raise dead.

And yes a timer would help a great deal....Takhla raised a character last night who had been dead since Friday....not a lot of fun if you cannot get a raise for a few days.

[Xanderleo]

Takhla raised a character last night who had been dead since Friday

They're going to be so sore.

[Brandy02]

I think the idea was the diamonds on the dead player would be counted first then the diamonds on the person casting the raise. Example would be dead player has 4 diamonds so the cleric would need 4 to cast raise dead.

Vekin got me right...

Corpses are not lootable and should remain like this.

I just thought about buying diamonds beforehand. Well, they would do me no good in my inventory, just dead weight, when I am in the FEN.

[Kangleton]

I'm sitting in death right now, and I don't know where my corpse is. It was left somewhere busy so that it would be seen and someone would take pity, or something like that... but then it was picked up by multiple people at multiple times, and for all I know, is in the inventory of some guy who will never play that character again.

There should really be an alternative.

[Scavar]

Both ideas seem interesting, and the diamond one for sure. I don't about that whole timer thing though.

[Dune]

Personally, the new death system wins.

[rustediron]

If you're evil, and no-one likes you, then there is no IC reason that you would be granted a raise... I think people who play evil understand and accept that.

Timer...? Maybe, but I don't know. Doesn't seem right.

Diamonds? that sounds interesting, but I think it should only work with pc raises, otherwise it just seems like a monetary alternative to signi.

[Saulus]

This is counter to what the entire point was of our new changes... I don't mind suggestions but when it directly contradicts a big change we've made I wouldn't expect to see it happen.

[rustediron]

When are the diamonds and signi going to come up in the loot tables, btw? Will we be seeing other gems too?