Aion

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Hate to break it to you, XP loss on death will defintely be in the game. You can buy some of that XP back from a Healer.

No information if you can lose a level or not though.

You might call it outdated but its one of the more effective death penalty that actually carries meaning and its a pretty reasonable consequence. Every other type of death penalty is like a slap on the wrist compared to losing exp or dropping items. It adds risk and be thankful they're not making you drop items like in L2.

Besides, what's losing a few % of exp in this era of easy leveling compared to how things were done before.

xp loss never really botherd me in L2 and FF11..

Originally posted by SgtFrog

xp loss never really botherd me in L2 and FF11..

Yeah it never bothered me either. So much actually that I started playing FFXI again.

I like xp loss compared to WoW you just get dmged equipment or just run back to your body.

Since most people says this isn't an asian grinder (check that thread) this shouldn't be much of a problem, in fact, it would be better than our old-new friend, XP debt.

XP loss only hurts when you have to work 12 hours to recover the XP you lost after counting things like healers or potions that recovers some portion of the lost XP. If the game is going to have XP loss and won't be another asian grinder, it certainly needs to have a de-level system, otherwise losing XP would be another form of XP debt.

Originally posted by Ambikan

I know that I am not alone on this one, and its pretty obvious that most players that aren't stuck in the mindframe of older MMORPGs would shun a game simply for this feature alone. I am really looking forward to playing this game, but the sad thing is if there is exp loss, especially with the possibily of losing a level because of it, you can count me out.

So what's your idea for a death penalty?  I hate when people just ramble on and whine. 

The only fun mmo I ever played had 50% exp loss and possible item loss as well.  It made it a pain in the ass to die, something to be affraid of and that fear was worth every minute.  You didn't lose exp when killed by another player but you could still drop items.

The one thing I agree with is losing a level, that's gay.

YOU CANNOT, AND I REPEAT CANNOT "DELEVEL" FROM EXP LOSS.

Originally posted by Azntranc3

YOU CANNOT, AND I REPEAT CANNOT "DELEVEL" FROM EXP LOSS.

 

 

He speaks the truth.

Well I hope if you dont have enough buffer you d-lvl. Otherwise an xp lose is prety pointless. because once you hit max you had nothing to fear. I bettcha there will be no deatwarping on mass scale like in a lot of games.

I had no problem with the way FFXI was set up. I death warped some but I made sure I never d-leveled. In ffxi you took a major xp lose if you home pointed. I like that system and I hope it works roughly same way.  Death is something to be feared. Not a tool to be used.