Stuck in the death realms

[ylikone]

So, after a difficult install, finally got the game working, first thing I do is walk into some church building and fall down a well or something because of the poor lighting.  Great.  Now my character is running around dark catwalks around some library in the death realm.  There is nowhere to go (at least that I can find), there are no other players around.  I\'ve been stuck here for 2 days now.  I really want to figure out how to get out of this hell place.  Looking throught the forums, people just getting told \"look for the sparkly portal\", \"follow someone\", \"ask someone\",  \"it\'s really not that hard\" .... there is nobody around to follow or ask!  And it is hard! If I don\'t get out of here soon, I will have to say this game is unplayable and move on to another game.  I would like to give it chance... but it\'s not giving me a chance.

Can\'t somebody just tell me where to go?

[Shadowfalcon]

Yeah, the death realm needs a lot of work... I dont know how to tell you exactly how to get out, just that you need to go off roading. find ways without a path, then drop down onto another catwalk. it looks like you will die again, but I didn\'t. Just be careful around narrow walkways. hope this helps.

[Karyuu]

Not on the forums, no.. :) But there have been hints posted. I needed someone to help me out as well when I first went down, and it certainly took a while. But if you\'re utterly desparate, try asking an advisor in the Help tab of your chat window, or petition a GM.

[Bereror]

The help channel will most likely not help you, because advisors have agreed to not give instructions on the help channel. Especially if you ask \"How can I exit DR?\". But if you are really desperate and spent 2 days or more without finding your way out, tell it on the help channel and I believe that soon you will meet a nice person in the Death Realm who offers you a little help

[tinkerbelle]

yes this death realms idea needs a rethink.

Mostly new players die early on due to stupidity, I type /die to see what happened :/

It is almost impossible for noobs to get out, especially when they are still trying to learn the interface, I tried all the tricks I could, like folowing people, but I seemed to chose the people who were lost already. then fall down and restart.  Of course the more experienced players know just what to do and where to go so them it is just a minor inconvience to be sent there, 2 minutes later they are out.  This is biased towards punishing the noobs.

If you are really stuck and not seeing anyone or anything, try typping /die to get you back to the begining, or delete your character and restart, being careful to avoid dying from now on.  This isnt my idea of RP but it does get frustrating after days.

[Stephen McNaire]

Instead of a long twisting path, maybe there should just be a stairway. This huge stairway (twisting if you like) that takes about 30 secs running to get to the top. And a forked path to get there. One way leads into the DR, the other up the staircase.

I too couldn?t get out for a looong time the first time. Having to drop, when that?s the thing you?re trying to avoid the most, is kinda mean.

[AljoshaNL]

I think that\'s the spirit of a game - to be difficult enough. It will be a great reliev when you\'re out. I\'m lost myself since the DR update... But thanks for the hints, I will think about it

[Araye]

I too spent three days in the DR, but I don\'t think the answer should be posted to open forums.  I think the intent is for you (the newly dead) to ask the passing person how to get out.  When the mobs are up, there are more than enough people to interact with.

If you\'re in the DR and you see me (Araye), just ask me, I\'ll be glad to help you.  That\'s how I finally got out.

Araye

[Ahriman]

Hmm... this is interesting stuff... I should keep this in mind...

Thanks guys. You even help the ones that didnt ask!!

[Izzy*dot]

Well you know once you know the way you\'ll never forget it again. I myself try to help as much people as I can. All they have to do is ask me to show them the way out.
I don\'t mind being followed by someone who doesn\'t know the way out. Because in the end I have helped the person

But anyway, all you need to do is ask, I\'m certain that there are loads of nice people who happen to be dead and who like to help.

[aksophist]

Hi,

I\'m a noob that eventually found my way out by following someone.  My problem was that one stairway was completely invisible to me.  Someone in-game suggested that I alter my video card\'s gamma, but I didn\'t do that.

If you are standing on the red platform that appears to just stop, try following the wall around to your left.  Hug the wall closely so as not to fall, but walk far enough away from the wall so that you can progress up this (what was for me) invisible staircase.  Then you can explore the rest of the DR which will hopefully be visible for you.

If you fall, try typing /unstick (or is it /unstuck?) or /die into your chat box.

[ylikone]

Well, I think after being in the death realm for a week now.
I finally found others walking around but nobody would tell me how to get out.  I even managed to find a place to drop down to a narrow pathway, which was much too dark to navigate.  After falling back down into the dark abyss about 10 times, I\'ve had enough.  

[Karyuu]

If you\'ve been in the Death Realm for a week with no way to get out, explaining the situation to an advisor or petition a GM would get you the help you need. Quitting a game is a silly thing to do over something like this :)

[ylikone]

Ok, I cheated...  I put the gamma correction on my video card to +10 and now easily found the way out.  Geesh, whoever designed the death realm is really hankering for a c***punch.

[Ahriman]

Smart you, but its acctuaslly pretty easy after you search around a bit. Just explore. There isnt much ways of where you can go the wrong way. Once you see that that\'s the worng way, youll know not to go the. Its not like the kinda fork tree where theres 60 wrong ways and only 1 right one. Its like maybe 5 wrong ways and 2 right ones. Trust me, when you put your mind to it, you can get out. I did