Game Mechanics: Corpse Rot being 7 days when it should be 1 day.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by jolanar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Low level corpses used to decay much much faster. I remember my level 5 or 6 Bard lost full banded in classic because his corpse decayed in like a couple hours.

Which of course is a horribly short sighted decision but you can imagine why they did it.

From page 20 of the Kunark Manual:

IMPORTANT! If your character dies with valuable items in inventory, don't exit the game until you’ve recovered everything from your corpse. Your body only survives for so long, so if you wait, the body may disappear before you find it. The time varies, depending on your character’s level and whether you’re logged into the game or not.

If you’re still in the game ...

Level 1 = 1 hour Level 2 = 8 hours Level 6+ = 7 days

If you’re not logged into the game ...

Level 1 = 30 minutes Level 2-3 = 2 hours - Level 4+ = 24 hours

If you don’t have any items (regardless of whether you’re in the game or not) ...

Level 1 = 30 minutes Level 2-3 = 2 hours Level 4+ = 8 hours

[sammoHung]

Back when dying meant something. My first ever toon was a Dwarf Warrior. I spent weeks farming Small Scarab Armor - only for me to die in the middle of OoT and lose the corpse forever.

I was much more careful after that

[WarpathEQ]

That doesn't compute, why would the rot timer be so much shorter when you're not logged into the game but 7 days if you are?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by WarpathEQ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That doesn't compute, why would the rot timer be so much shorter when you're not logged into the game but 7 days if you are?

Some may argue that they got those timers flipped, but I say once you're in their world you can never escape.

"You're in our world now"

[Zuranthium]

This thread is dumb, it was 7 days for the rot timer since 1999, regardless of being logged in or not. It wasn't even Brad saying anything about 24 hours in the video that was linked, it was just the random interviewer.