Death Penalty Changes in 0.11.3

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jamesl wrote:

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Sodomee wrote:

The death penalty change is a huge mistake. 90% of the players who complain about the penalty are dying in places like ledge, catacombs, and docks at level 80. Please listen to the people who actually build defensively and do endgame maps. If you are going to lower the penalty, please do something to benefit the players who play without dying.

90% ?

please show us your source for that statistic


and they already have something to benefit who build defensively and do endgame maps

it's called hardcore league and a better economy with more valuable items

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Jddogg wrote:

i vote for 5% 10% as well.... 8% is too low. i know it's only 2% difference but it really adds up. Now level 90 is going to be the new lvl 80.

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Nycro wrote:

This is one of the few changes you've made that I don't like at all. I have a feeling I'll be seeing a lot more glass cannon builds now.

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heyyous wrote:

I think that exp penalty should be relative to player level and content level, Not difficulty level. The reason why is simple, High quality maps have a much greater risk then any area in merciless. I think that if the system was designed around how difficult said map was it would be a lot easier for people to tell how well their build was.

For example: Say I am level 80 and I am farming a yellow 66 map with 100% quality on it, It has increased monster damage,Vulnerability,Increased rare monsters etc. You know the whole nine yards. So even though this is a 66 map it could still be challenging right? It doesn't make sense to lose a ton of experience for trying something hard does it?

It would take a complex system of establishing base difficulty versus player level and then figuring out an averaged monster level for maps rolled with those mods but lets face it, You can make a 66 map way harder then a white 70 map and not only will you gain less exp but if you die you will lose a ton of exp in relationship to how much you would have gained by doing a higher level map.

Therefore I feel the best solution would be an experience penalty that is based on how experienced you actually are. If you died at level 80 in a white 66 map you should lose a ton of exp lol. but if you die in a level 77 map and you are level 75 you shouldn't lose very much at all.

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magree wrote:

Lol, All this time I thought the penalty in merciless was %10. Oh well, this will help :)