PDA

View Full Version : Loss Of EXP POINTS??


nsain00
2003-02-21, 01:05 PM
Ok now i know that death count in this game is gonna be huge so what im wondering is if u die will u loose your exp points that uve gained cause if u do thats gonna suck really really bad.

Thanks

Nightmare
2003-02-21, 01:07 PM
Well, they do that in EQ, probably to encourage teaming up with people, but I doubt they would do that here.

Planeswalker
2003-02-21, 01:15 PM
you dont lose BEP or CEP upon death

Mold
2003-02-21, 01:44 PM
i think the only way to possibly loose ep's you have gained recently is to disconnect without saving...unless the game saves your score like every second.

SilentCacophony
2003-02-21, 01:58 PM
I think you should lose BEP in one of the stages of Griefing. Constant Griefers would possibly even lose certs. Just another incentive to watch your fire.

Croco
2003-02-21, 02:29 PM
I agree with u 100%, SilentCacophony. :)

esham
2003-02-21, 02:55 PM
i agree with that...re-earning certs would be a huge deturrent for greifing

MrVulcan
2003-02-21, 04:47 PM
Originally posted by Mold
i think the only way to possibly loose ep's you have gained recently is to disconnect without saving...unless the game saves your score like every second.

I am sure that it keeps track of your char, so if you just drop off (plug gets ripped out of the wall, etc) your char will be saved right then. Thus you will NEVER lose any points earned.

MrVulcan
2003-02-21, 04:53 PM
Originally posted by SilentCacophony
I think you should lose BEP in one of the stages of Griefing. Constant Griefers would possibly even lose certs. Just another incentive to watch your fire.

i do not agree at all, say you hit a galaxy by accident that had a full crew, but it was close to death, thus you would have gotten what 10000 grief pts? and go from lvl 20 to lvl1? no, I think that weapons lock and account ban are jsut fine, I do not think that people should ever lsoe points, and since you never lose points the way things work now, I dont see them changing it.

Sure griefing is annoying, but weapons lock and ban are rather big deterrents. Do you think that anyone that griefs a bunch will get to lvl 20, or that if they do they will care about going down a rank or 2?

HopperWolf
2003-02-21, 05:28 PM
well, I believe I read somewhere that you don't get grief points if your galaxy load of people gets shot down.

Also, I think it would be a GOOD idea to loose exp when you die if there was going to be a problewm with people re-entering battles really quickly so that people would be pretty careful about deaths. (People remember FPS' where that one guy kills a ton of people from a good position then is taken out, only to respawn and take up position again seconds later?)

BUT with the system as it is, that shouldn't be a problem.

Arthell
2003-02-22, 04:30 AM
I dont want to be punished for playing the game and i dont want to be forced to play it a certain way.

However, i think a little stage in griefing that makes it so after you have 10% speed and before you are banned it reduces you to level 1. Not really needed though, since if someone TKs at 10% speed they are trying to get banned, or are just not that bright ...

OmnipotentKiwi
2003-02-22, 04:45 AM
Originally posted by Arthell
I dont want to be punished for playing the game and i dont want to be forced to play it a certain way.

However, i think a little stage in griefing that makes it so after you have 10% speed and before you are banned it reduces you to level 1. Not really needed though, since if someone TKs at 10% speed they are trying to get banned, or are just not that bright ...

There is also a weapons lock with the speed reduction, so you have to try REALLY hard to get more grief points.

VanuSovereignty
2003-02-22, 07:56 AM
What Pat thinks..well..I think..What was the question? x.x; Oh.. :: just looked up at..timeline.......thing :: Ok! Well..What Pat thinks..is that when you grief, you just shouldn't gain points, or lose points. >.>; <.<; But maybe start out with little to no health? I think that'll work.

Hellsfire123
2003-02-22, 09:14 AM
Originally posted by HopperWolf
Also, I think it would be a GOOD idea to loose exp when you die if there was going to be a problewm with people re-entering battles really quickly so that people would be pretty careful about deaths. (People remember FPS' where that one guy kills a ton of people from a good position then is taken out, only to respawn and take up position again seconds later?)

There isnt rapid respawn. You have to wait for a respawn tube to become open for you, or wait for a medic. Apearently you can wait as long as 5 minutes for a medic, and for some reason 1 minute to respawn is sticking out in my head. Ill have to do some research on that....again.

Confectrix
2003-02-22, 09:19 AM
Five minutes, hmm. Since you say we have to wait for a "respawn tube" does that mean respawn time will be reflected by the amount of players playing?

In other words...less players means more "respawn tubes" thus faster respawn?

OmnipotentKiwi
2003-02-22, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Confectrix
Five minutes, hmm. Since you say we have to wait for a "respawn tube" does that mean respawn time will be reflected by the amount of players playing?

In other words...less players means more "respawn tubes" thus faster respawn?

The respawn tubes take time to revive the dead. The more people there are trying to be revived from the same location, the longer it takes since you are in a queue with the rest of the dead schmucks :D

DarkDragon00
2003-02-22, 03:21 PM
Terran Elite Airborne Regiment


Hellsfire you got the time wrong but its cool i'll give the info.

It could take as long or more then five minutes for a new spawn tube to be opened at which time you will respawn.

The one minute thing is for a medic, once it begins to revive your corpse it could take about a minute for a pop up that says "do you wanna get revived by THIS PERSON" you should almost always say yes. I could also be wrong so just wait 'till HAMMA comes to give the exact info.

Dark- Knowledge is key to power, i must absorb FAQ's and THREADS, must become letheal.

DarkDragon00
2003-02-22, 03:22 PM
oh and how does ur RANK go up

Confectrix
2003-02-22, 03:29 PM
Kiwi, tought so.

Thanks,

OmnipotentKiwi
2003-02-22, 05:26 PM
Originally posted by Confectrix
Kiwi, tought so.

Thanks,

Welcome :thumbsup:

HopperWolf
2003-02-22, 05:39 PM
Originally posted by Hellsfire123
There isnt rapid respawn. You have to wait for a respawn tube to become open for you, or wait for a medic. Apearently you can wait as long as 5 minutes for a medic, and for some reason 1 minute to respawn is sticking out in my head. Ill have to do some research on that....again.

Yah, I know, 's why i said that it wouldn't be an issue. I was just pointing out that rapid respawn would be about the only really good reason i could think of to lose EXP for deaths

Kaikou
2003-02-22, 05:52 PM
Originally posted by MrVulcan
you hit a galaxy by accident that had a full crew, but it was close to death, thus you would have gotten what 10000 grief pts? and go from lvl 20 to lvl1?

Honestly though...how easy do you think it will be to *accidentally* run into another galaxy?