VG - Elrar says no to the new proposed death penalty change : Vanguard News

Elrar from Sigil Games Online informed the playerbase that they will be removing the proposed death penalty change from the test server soon. This does not mean it will not be brought up again in the future, but he clarified a few things in this post:


We always try to be as open and honest as possible about upcoming changes. Unfortunately many have jumped the gun on assuming the death penalty changes were going live.

In fact in a few hours we'll be removing the new mechanics after getting some great feedback and bug reports. Does this mean that the death mechanics will never change? No, but we are serious when we say that the test environment is exactly that.

There will be many times when we push something to test that will never go live or at least won't be recognizable if it does show up, others will. Its the nature of game design to test new concepts and mechanics to improve the systems we currently have.

We're always open for constructive criticism and to hear how the players feel about the current state of the game and how it could be better. We know there are still bugs and performance issues that we're working to fix daily.

It's a blessing and a curse to be able to change these games rapidly, so open communication with the community is necessary to ensure that we're doing the right thing.

Thanks all
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-James "Elrar" Nichols
Community Representative
Sigil Games Online