Death Block

[faolan]

I got killed by people because they ganged up on me, and I didn't do anything to precipitate it and why is that slot blocked for 40 days?

[Cdls]

I think its like that for any death regardless of participation. I think it was implimented to prevent all the suicidal newspawns or something like that.

[faolan]

Well thats just cheap because I got hit for 30 points a piece and they killed me because I knew something. I hadn't done anything against their laws, I just showed up at the wrong time, and tried to go on when nothing was going on. Arrrgh!

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Yea, it sucks but there aren't any exceptions and that's just the luck of the draw. It's worse when you spawn and get hit by bears a couple of times in a row and die though.

[faolan]

It's worse than 40 days block?

[N-Aldwitch]

It's only a relatively new thing, slots haven't always been blocked like that. Perhaps if players such as yourself were more frequently visiting the forums then suggestions like the 40-day-block may have been suggested differently and thus implemented differently.

[Wolf]

... It's worse when you spawn and get hit by bears a couple of times in a row and die though.

Bears and wild boars have ganged up on several of my old chars on the Dutch/French area.
And yeah, it's worse that way.
With people gangin up on you, there's a chance one or more miss, or that they can be reasoned with... bears and wild boars don't miss, and don't care for reasoning.
But there used to be a time, long ago, when simply spawning was enough to be used for target practice by already established folks.
So, some of us feel your pain.... heh.... (I'm not laughing at your misfortune, just at the "feel your pain"-thing)

[faolan]

It's only a relatively new thing, slots haven't always been blocked like that. Perhaps if players such as yourself were more frequently visiting the forums then suggestions like the 40-day-block may have been suggested differently and thus implemented differently.

I've only been here for a little over a month and a half, my oldest character is 24, and I normally look at the forum often, but I don't post unless it's important. I didn't see the block thingy, or I would have gone for shorter or something.

[faolan]

But there used to be a time, long ago, when simply spawning was enough to be used for target practice by already established folks.
So, some of us feel your pain.... heh.... (I'm not laughing at your misfortune, just at the "feel your pain"-thing)

They hit me first, all almost 30 points or higher. Then they said, we are going to kill you if you don't turn around so we can interrogate you. And they killed me when they didn't like my answer. My character had just recently spawned in an area that was sick and sleepy, so they were moving around and she didn't know anything and they killed her because of her lack of knowledge. I have something to say to them that I won't say. (But I understand what you mean. I'm just really pissed off at that.)

[the_antisocial_hermit]

If she was 24, then you don't quite have 40 days I don't think. I believe it's 40 days or however many days it would be until they turned 25, whichever is less. (I could be wrong though.)

[Doug R.]

You could always email support and beg for your slot. If someone on the PD is sympathetic, they can ask programming to unlock it.

The odds of that happening are low, but it could happen. You're experiencing collateral damage from a mechanism who's purpose was not meant to affect players in your situation.

[tiddy ogg]

Well, she could have turned round...
As others have said, it's a pig, but that's life in some parts of Cantr.

[notsure]

Plus, it's not like it's your only slot. Fourteen other charries can keep you occupied.

notsure

[faolan]

I did turn around, and I answered their questions but they killed me because I didn't know anything, and that character was new and travelling because the towns were sick and sleepy. She was only a few days old. I'm saying that my oldest character is twenty four in reference to I haven't been playing that long, because someone said I should have been on the forums to talk about the block.

[SumBum]

Sorry your char was killed, but traveling alone isn't always safe. Not every location in Cantr is nice and friendly or even reasonable....would be boring if that were so.

As for the block, I feel the benefits of it outweigh the situations like this. Could be coincidence, but my chars have not experienced nearly as many suicidals / lame thieves who just grab and run on the chance they'll survive it since this blocked slot thing was started. I've been in a situation where a char of mine was killed by pirates less than a week after he spawned and had to wait to make another. It happens.