Posted by The Arcane on August 05, 1999 at 18:39:12:
In Reply to: Why do you need to make it harder to retreive? posted by Someone on August 05, 1999 at 10:14:11:
This was a major gripe with the old system that did not keep items through reboots. There'd be 5 people from Cabal X and 2 from Cabal Y, and X would be pondering whether or not to raid. They'd decide to, and you'd have a really fun battle between two prepared defenders on their home ground with the aid of their guardian, and the raiders. Maybe two people from Cabal X would die, the two from Y would get beaten down and escape. And X would take Y's item. Then, 20 minutes later, the game crashes. The two people from X are now naked and out a third of a con, and they've accomplished nothing. Want to guess what they'll opt for next time that scenario arises? Why would people want to risk death if retrieval is made harder, knowing that the other side can likely reclaim their item with a fraction of the effort?