Ok, When last I played, which was a while back, if you died, you could drop anything on you, period, as I understood it. Things seem to have changed from comments I see around the boards. Can someone explain death and item dropping to me? How much XP do you lose on death? What are the chances of dropping Equipped items? Non equipped items? Money? As always, any answers would be greatly appreciated :)
O chance to drop such items as Chronos/starter gear, Adena, Ancient Adena and Sin Eater shackles.
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Everything else, Armor(equipped or not) and intentory will drop.
Just a quick question here since I dont know the answer , but where do pets ( like the wolf / hatchling ) fall in? My guess is you cant drop em, if you can I can imagine getting very angry one day :P
Just a quick question here since I dont know the answer , but where do pets ( like the wolf / hatchling ) fall in? My guess is you cant drop em, if you can I can imagine getting very angry one day :P
ooh with pets, it gets better. You can drop pets. But what's worse is if your pet die, and you DC, say your ISP decided to do a random driveby maintenance and it's longer than 20 minutes, when you log back in, your pet is Gone, and NC won't return your dead pet.
Also, you won't drop while being killed in a siege or in the arena.
You will if youre red and have over 5 PK's.
Right... the red rule still fits. But the OP should know that you don't usually go red on siege grounds. It can happen if you step off siege grounds and kill someone not signed up for the siege and then go back to the siege grounds.
Thanks for all your help :) You eased my mind on a few matters, and confirmed a couple things for me on others. I have a better weapon than what I use, but I never use it cause I am afraid it will drop. Now, It appears I dont need to worry since I never PK anyone. My best armor however I will have to save for special occasions I guess, same for my baby cat pet.
I read the death penalties description under the help files in game (Just found them) and it says "Player will not drop anything if they have less than 5 PK's" (I think, or something to that effect.) can anyone confirm this? Is it deaths to PK, or killing 5 other players?
can still drop armor and un equipped weapons I believe when you die among other things. Remember the time I dropped all my dss that was heartbreaking really. :)
I read the death penalties description under the help files in game (Just found them) and it says "Player will not drop anything if they have less than 5 PK's" (I think, or something to that effect.) can anyone confirm this? Is it deaths to PK, or killing 5 other players?
You are confusing yourself here. There are a few types of deaths in this game:
PvP death and PvE death.
In PvP death, you drop nothing at all, unless you are RED with over 6 PK's.
PK Death is the same as PvP death as long as you're not Red w/ 6+ pk's yourself.
In PvE death, you are fair to drop anything and everything on you with the exception of your equipped weapon. Also, in PvE, if you are Red and over 6PK's, you can even drop your equipped weapon.
One more lil fact, if you killed by a Player's Summon (eg: Wolf, Strider, Wyvern, Summoner's Summon), well, that makes it a PvE death even though you were in a PvP fight. Which means, if you are in a Siege zone, and are killed by a Summoner's Summon, rather than a Player, You can and will drop items.
Also, it should be noted, that if you are White, and regardless of how you die (PvP/PvE), if you die and drop your equipped weapon, Petition it. GM will Replace it as it would be a bug.
One more lil fact, if you killed by a Player's Summon (eg: Wolf, Strider, Wyvern, Summoner's Summon), well, that makes it a PvE death even though you were in a PvP fight. Which means, if you are in a Siege zone, and are killed by a Summoner's Summon, rather than a Player, You can and will drop items.
I think they patched this in one of the earlier chronicles - you used to lose 4% to the pet even if in clanwar, and i have yet to see anyone drop something when my cat eats him :p
Ok, many thanks for clearing that up for me. The way I read it was, that if you had never killed 5 players, you wouldnt drop anything, but your way makes more sense. Easier to code and all that. :D