Now you see the green numbers?  Those numbers will not hurt you.  If you never go higher than those numbers on /deathcount then you will never lose a skill.

Deaths will decay 1 week from when you die.  Each has its own 1 week decay timer.

As an initiate, if you ever reach 4 tracked deaths, you are now on the path to skill loss.  You see, once you hit that [4,5,6] bracket number 4 is in, you can't get out, it has you in its clutches.  Your deathcount can decay back to 0, but it doesn't care, you are trapped in that bracket, and after 2 more deaths you will lose a skill no matter what.

If your tracked deaths went to 5, you would likewise lose a skill on your next death no matter what.

example:

So lets say you are a Jedi Initiate and you die 4 times in a row because a group of bounty hunters camped you at the cloning station. . 

/deathcount tells you there are 4 tracked deaths, and like I said, you are now trapped in the [4,5,6] bracket.

You proceed to die 2 times and lose a skill.  /deathcount would look you straight in the face and tell you without blinking:

 "You have 2 tracked deaths."

You are now free of the [4,5,6] bracket, and are back in the green [1,2,3] zone.   If your tracked deaths rise to 4 again, you will be trapped in that bracket until you die twice and lose another skill.

example 2:

If you were to die 7 times in a row as an initiate, you would have lost a skill at the 6th death and would now be trapped in the [7,8] bracket. 

Even if all your deaths decay to 0 you will lose a skill on your next death, and then will again be back in the safe green zone [1,2,3].

Is that clear?

Message Edited by ArjunThakur on 03-21-2004 10:46 AM

PS i cant beleve it but i was 1st

Message Edited by msiegmund on 03-21-2004 01:56 AM

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AnXdiety wrote:
It doesn't seem that complex as long as you never lose more deaths than your current buffer. Losing 3 lives a week is pretty tough to do. Especially if all you are doing is PvE levelling.

But is this entire situation changing with the revamp as well? If so why should we even fret now.

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Yup very clear now.

Thanks philosopher and Ajurn

Dingooooo

I was hoping that this was not going to be the case, I liked the system that Blair outlined to us before more than this one

Can we get someone to say if this is actually how its ment to be or if this is a byproduct of an unintentional code 'glitch' Skill loss is part of the paradigm of Jedi but it would be nice to know the system so that one can make educated decisions about when to play and when not. (since we have actually had an 'official' system touted to us we deserve clarification on its veracity. If we were still just 'fishing' for a system that was ment to be a secret for gameplay reasons then we would not)

Not like I expect to make Guardian like some of you have (and will) but I'd like to know the systems I play under so that I'm not caught emotionally as such when the proverbial pineapple is one day inserted into my posteriour (rough end first) then removed suddenly as I lose a skill. when I was expecting to be safe for the moment. (that sort of emotional whiplash I can well do without)

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ArjunThakur wrote:

example:

So lets say you are a Jedi Initiate and you die 4 times in a row because a group of bounty hunters camped you at the cloning station. . 

/deathcount tells you there are 4 tracked deaths, and like I said, you are now trapped in the [4,5,6] bracket.

You wait a week, and the next time you use /deathcount it says "You have 0 tracked deaths."

You proceed to die 2 times and lose a skill.  /deathcount would look you straight in the face and tell you without blinking:

 "You have 2 tracked deaths."

You are now free of the [4,5,6] bracket, and are back in the green [1,2,3] zone.   If your tracked deaths rise to 4 again, you will be trapped in that bracket until you die twice and lose another skill.

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So in this example you would actually have a /deathcount 2 and have lost a skill, But the system would actually see it at 0 towards the [1,2,3] ?

 

lol you know what make me laugh?

The devs created the system and all their explainations are wrong how it works. lol

Why do things have to be so complicated?

In the words of Chris Farely, "I can get a good look at a butcher by sticking my head up a bull's ass...no wait, it's gotta be your bull".