Darkfall

So, in darkfall, when you die, the killer (or is it ANYONE?) can loot you.

But, what happens when I respawn?  I mean.. we'll all be new players to start, and I won't have an extra sword or reagents or an axe or a staff in the bank.. so.. am I just.. well dead?  Should I delete and restart?do I get more stuff to start?

Your basic starting materials like a dagger will stay when you respawn..

You need to play safe and not venture too far away from town until you have extra gear stored for when you do get killed.

Originally posted by SupderD

So, in darkfall, when you die, the killer (or is it ANYONE?) can loot you.

But, what happens when I respawn?  I mean.. we'll all be new players to start, and I won't have an extra sword or reagents or an axe or a staff in the bank.. so.. am I just.. well dead?  Should I delete and restart?do I get more stuff to start?

Your character gets deleted and 1200v get sent directly to your nipples. What? You didn't realize how hardcore this game is?

jk, I would assume you start with nothing, and could probably loot your own corpes since it will still be there for the looting, unless you already got looted.

Death is harsh in this game.  I suggest not joining this game for about a week after it releases if you're worried about getting killed a thousand times right when you start, the initial gankfest will probably die out quickly. 

You'll respawn with your starter gear i believe, so re-rolling wouldnt be better.  Take it slow at first, dont travel to far from a bank, begin some savings, and venture out as you build more, or just go out in nothing and explore, if you die, no big deal.

You'll learn to love worrying about you character dying, it brings more to the game than dying just to travel faster like today's games.

If losing video game items makes you stress out or "feel like i've accomplished nothing" is a typical term you use, then Darkfall might be hard to get used to.

Hopefully they can deliver, beta leaks will probably be coming soon if beta started today.

No one knows. Don't waste your time trying to find real information about the game mechanics. The info doesn't exist.

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im guessing death will be right along the same lines as death was in UO. if you got killed by a player they took whatever was on you that was worth a crap. if you got killed by a creature you just ran out and looted your own corpse. so is it open world PvP in this game or are there zones?

Originally posted by lornj

im guessing death will be right along the same lines as death was in UO. if you got killed by a player they took whatever was on you that was worth a crap. if you got killed by a creature you just ran out and looted your own corpse. so is it open world PvP in this game or are there zones?

Open world pvp, there are NO safe areas.  There are consequences for killing people in cities, faction hits and such, but you can still be killed there. 

i remember getting dominated in UO while i was at the bank in towns looking through inventory. that always made for a good time.

Well I am not sure what happens exactly but if they stick with what they said, that Darkfall is based on some classic games like Asheron's Call.  Then I could see them useing AC's death system to an extent, where if you die you only drop some random death items.  That way you have a chance to lose that sword of yours or your armor but it isn't 100%.  I could be wrong but I could see it being that way.

To answer your questions about dropping everything, even AC didn't do that your starter clothes and weapon never dropped.

I don't care if I die, I just don't see how I'm supposed to keep playing if, when I start, I get killed and looted.. and I don't have anything to fight back with.  Doesn't seem logical. (I know,  when I'm higher level, I'll have more stuff.. but that's later on.. jsut to start.. not having the newb sword makes me useless.. )