Death Penalty Changes in 0.11.3

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MajorMudfish wrote:

Here I was hoping the death penalty's would increase. Why decrease the exp penalty ? Wasn't 15% exp loss already a joke ? Won't this make Magicfind-builds who don't care if they die repeatedly even more prominent in the standard leagues ?


Did you guys at GGG ever think about releasing a league that has a way bigger death penalty then softcore, but not as rough as character and item loss like hardcore ?
Maybe a league where if you die your character does ends up in standard. However all items and inventory that character had on him gets put in separate Remove-Only stash tabs.
I think this system would be a nice balance between hardcore and softcore.

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Bigfluf wrote:

Another option to consider is doing something like Sacred has done, something that worked really well imho. Instead of a penalty when dying, they added a bonus for staying alive that you lost when you died. Something like +x% xp and/or +y% rarity, +z% quantity, slowly going up as you gain xp without dying. It will have a fairly high diminishing returns later on ofcourse, where you'll get say 50% fairly quickly, 90% if you stay alive very long, but never much above 100% or so, even if you never die. When you die you could lose for example half of your current bonus, a flat % of the bonus, or even simply the entire bonus.

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Alhoon wrote:

The way the game shapes affects who plays the game, which in turn affects discussion on forum, which (evidently) affects how GGG changes the game. In short: more casuals -> more catering to casuals -> more casuals ad infinitum.

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nynyny wrote:

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chris wrote:

However, there are hardcore leagues for players who want deaths to be extremely meaningful. The new values do still strongly discourage dying.

Then do all of us a favour and finally start to balance differently between Standard and Hardcore leagues.

Hell even PA groups liked to fight over 6 sockets. Patch shit like that on Standard but stay the hell away from Hardcore/Onslaught with it.

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siliconlife wrote:

I like to play reckless melee. Sometimes i die to the same mobs three times, because i wanna pwn them after the first death. On a level 82 char. Or i ignore reflect damage, or i'm too lazy to see or act upon puncture.

BUT, yes 15% was a little bit much, 8% does not cut it. I want an motivition to not die. I too are for 5%/10%.