Posted by Imbrogno on July 2, 2000 at 08:33:16:
In Reply to: A suggestion - Immortals please respond also Players please read and respond. posted by Me on July 2, 2000 at 08:21:26:
I didn't practice a thing beyond what the guildmaster taught me and I was still a relatively successful pk'er, though far from the best I know.
I also didn't die all that much. When I got to hero I had 3 trains and 3 practices so effectively I had 6 trains. I was middle-aged so I lost 2 con to age as well as 1 or 2 strength. I only remember putting 4 trains into con which means I died somewhere around 12 times and probably a 1/3 of those were mob deaths.
The point is, practicing isn't absolutely necessary. It's something the powergamers do, but not necessarily something the imms feel is a must and it definitely has little to do with how well you roleplay. It also has little to do with how much you die. If you die 6 times before level 25 there's a problem with how you're playing.
You're not typing "where" enough or you're ranking in obvious pk-infested areas or you're playing too many battlerager warriors.
I'm the type of person that deletes because I'm bored with a character, not because I've died a lot. Negating the importance of con by adding 2 more deaths per con isn't the answer.
The answer is changing your gameplay style.