Dev Journal #4 - Death Changes
Death Changes
For a long time, we have played around with different ways to handle death on PartyRealms. At the very beginning, we followed the vanilla rules. We felt that was too punishing and many players would immediately leave if they lost too much at once. Then, we went with a death chest. It did not work well and so we made it so you did not lose any items on death. That did not last long as it did not punish the player enough.
For a long time we had the most recent system where you would lose 2.5% of the durability on all items in your inventory when you died and you would keep those items. Not too bad but punishes you for dying over and over.
We feel yet another change is needed! We are introducing the new death system, featuring a new NPC at spawn named Death. He is located in the Catacombs, which can be found beneath spawn.
When you die, there is a chance to lose up to three items in your inventory. You will keep the rest.
But do not worry! Death is a reasonable entity. He will keep those items safe for you. All you have to do is go visit him and he will return them to you. He will even keep up to 27 items in total safe, if you die multiple times he will hold onto them.
Did I say Death is reasonable? He does make you pay a price. He will charge you 1% of your current balance to retrieve those items. You must consider if it is worth it to reclaim those dirt blocks... or did he keep your diamond block? Death does not reveal what the items are until you pay the price.
Once you have paid the price, death will open up the death chest and let you take the items back.
You can try to time it to let your death chest fill up before paying up. But you take a risk in doing so, you may accidentally die too many times and lose those items forever! The oldest items in the chest will be lost first.
Closing Remarks
We are getting very close to being able to open up the server to the public. We have been performing internal testing the past few weeks and still have things that need to be completed.
Thank you for making it this far and continuing to be a supporter of the server while we are in development. I am excited to share the content with you and even more excited for the upcoming release for you to once again enjoy your time on PartyRealms.