Thread: Decreasing Death Penalty

Originally Posted by THATriggerHappy

shit i haven't figured out how to do anything wiht the traders yet. then again it probably doesn't help i keep dying going up and down stairs and ladders. I would say 0 atleast for now until the server is established and people understand the game better.

Stop sprinting up stairs.


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Originally Posted by xUnknown

I have stopped using banks because its too harsh and have reverted to storing items in other places to keep money aside.

You should find a new spot because we always look under the mattresses.

...and I feel getting dinged 100 is not bad but see If you play this like you play CS then 100 can be painful

Just curious..... If you are piloting a chopper, and it goes down the messages usually say the pilot was killed, then the deaths of the passengers shown with the pilot as the killer. Assuming that the players were all in the same group, is the pilot getting hit with an additional penalty per group member killed?

I vote to abolish the death tax.

The only people who this will affect are those who don't have the money. At a point it becomes a minor inconvenience to the new players, but how long does it take to get to that point, and is this really a feature we're wanting on a new server that's trying to gain population?

what we should do is check with other people who are running epoch servers and see what they have as their punishment and adjust accordingly

Voted to get rid of the tax entirely. It maybe easier for well geared out players that have established bases or hording spots to pay the small amount each time they die, but for players that run solo and don't have a group with a base or place to store things. It only penalizes us further.

Its hard enough as it is to stay alive long enough with all the necessary materials for the base. If I die, I lose enough already. Missions are also harder now, with the AI being much more of a challenge. Add to the equation a massive group of 6-15 players that ALWAYS show up at missions making it nearly impossible for 1-3 man groups to make any kind of bankroll. Thus, removing a "feature" of the mod to begin with. There is no currency system for me, everything I have, I keep on my body. I haven't made a deposit in 2 days and wont unless the Death Tax is completely abolished.


Further yet, if the Death Tax is not removed entirely, and people continue to attack / kill me while I'm minding my own business building my base and looting for it, I will make it my personal mission to kill as many / all the traders I can per server cycle. Have fun not being able to buy or sell anything, and feel my pain.

Originally Posted by SourceSkills

what we should do is check with other people who are running epoch servers and see what they have as their punishment and adjust accordingly

Just checked this on BMRF's server. I jumped off a building and was -100 when checking my account.


Still doesn't change my opinion on the topic, just thought I'd check it.

Personally I don't think dinging people with a death tax is a great idea - like Texan said - you lose all your shit you spent hours collecting, that's punishment enough.