yesterday, again, like countless other times, someone died. And after dying, the victim pretty much casually walked back from death ( or atleast it seemed like so). This pretty much makes the impact of death 0. True death has some impact, yes, as it is permannent, but normal death? Nobody seemed to care anymore. Honesty after seeing countless deaths, slash from a sword or taking arrow to a knee seems to be more injuring and having more impact, wherein death seems like good way to heal injuries. So i would apreciate if normal death could be made more severe.
Dilihin, I feel your pain.
( Not really, but it's a neat thing to say )
Some possible solutions to this ( intended more for players new to RP ) :
* Role play your death in the death realm. Some players used to have alts in the DR. I remember occasionally running into one particular un-dead Diaboli who probably would have been less hospitable to my character if she discovered his true intentions. Then again, maybe she knew but was pretending to not know. She was age-bound and thus, could not leave the DR without instantly withering into a pile of wrinkled skin and pus, so did not really know what was going on up above. She might have heard rumors, or then again, she might not have cared much. It was interesting to run into this character each time and have another encounter and hopefully discover a bit more.
* Injure, but don't kill. In the Outlaws, we used to chop off our enemies tails, fingers or locks of hair and then have something to trade back at a future date. Having your enemy's tail in a nice little box also gives them IC motivation to summon a party and attempt to take it back. As for rot, we have magic and alchemy and all that jazz. Something can always be done to preserve or restore that little meat nugget. Worst case, you hire a crafter to make a prosthesis of some sort or just go nubby from there on.
* Play multiple characters. When one dies, you can at least switch to another so you're not out of the game completely. ( by multiple characters, I mean distinct characters, not just another placeholder for the player. )
* Hell, if there is interest, you could just role play in the death realm. Set up a community of un-dead ( well, technically alive if you believe what you read ) players in the DR.