Hypothetical Question

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » October 24, 2002, 11:26 am

Would you play EQ if it had Perm Death for a character potential at the high end of the game? How about if not perm death but a perm stat loss per death/rezz?

Post by **Sylvus** » October 24, 2002, 11:56 am

I don't remember the exact game mechanics of UO, but permanent stat losses are pretty much what made me quit playing oh so many years back. IIRC, I lost like 5 or 10% of all my GM stats after a death, and that pretty much killed my desire to ever play that game again.

So no, I'd hate that.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » October 24, 2002, 12:21 pm

I used to play on a MUD where you got 100 deaths period.

It made things interesting since it was also unrestricted PVP

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » October 24, 2002, 12:23 pm

EQ requires too much time investment in character development for "permanent death" to be a marketable option.

it jsut is not fun if you lose 200 days of work.

games are supposed to be fun

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » October 24, 2002, 12:39 pm

It's a shame that marketing determines the quality of a game. I understand the need and the thought behind it but I just don't like it from an old time gamer aspect. In PnP if you got killed, you got killed and then you rolled up a new guy. But then again that is the RP aspect that online games could never master. The games and the rewards are objective and not subjective. Sometimes I miss the old AD&D games.

Dups. · Post by **Dups.** » October 24, 2002, 3:36 pm

For this to be a bit more successful you would probably have to make it harder to die as you level up though.

If I survived forever then got 1 shot manaburned and had to restart...well.... things would not be pretty

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » October 24, 2002, 4:18 pm

severly doubt it.

Ebumar · Post by **Ebumar** » October 24, 2002, 4:21 pm

I wouldnt play EQ period.