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Hello,

A while ago there was a discussion about Deadman mode on twitch : http://www.twitch.tv/runescape/v/4063020



So for those of you that don't want to watch the video, Deadman mode IN THEORY is in summary:

• A hardcore PvP world
• You can attack anyone, anywhere, at any time
• Guards will be in cities and they will be VERY buffed
• Guards will attack ANY skulled player
• On death, your stats reset
• On death, your bank is given to your killer
• (not confirmed, just implied) These would be independent PvP game servers.

I think to be the most successful in this game mode would take a teams and clans to group up, as playing alone is very likely to be punished.

The exp rates would also be interesting, maybe x5 exp rates would be good for this mode. I also feel that botting in this gamemode would be minimal to non-existent as this wouldn't be really functional.

So guys, would you play something like this? I personally would, it sounds fun as hell, and the strawpoll was almost unanimously Yes.

Here is the strawpoll : http://strawpoll.me/4137120/r

Discuss!

this would be sick, too bad we have to wait a long time.

I wouldn't play it because they have shown an inability to keep stable servers through their most recent stream and gameplay in the past week. There's also the whole get backstabbed by shady teams that may even resort to DDOSing you through the IP they obtained by you being in their VOIP.

I think to be the most successful in this game mode would take a teams and clans to group up, as playing alone is very likely to be punished.

Made me think of SAO xD

I think it would be a neat thing to do, however it would be very frustrating if you were not a part of a large clan. Would this transfer to the other aspects of the game? It would be a very quick way to make money… or lose it.

I wonder how RWT would factor in to this.

I could see something like a rune scimitar being sold for 10 dollars.

From: Camel
I wonder how RWT would factor in to this.

I could see something like a rune scimitar being sold for 10 dollars.

Lol, that would be so funny!

Jagex needs to think long and hard about this before they implement it.
They need to make sure they cover as many possible balancing issues as they can, or this is going to be a disaster, dead-on-arrival content that will be impossible to play & require a series of patches to not be completely broken.

Even though there are supposed to be no rules, and anyone who enters the game mode is a "dead man," stuff like teaming/piling and pile-jumping could be really game-breaking.

Spawn-killing, focusing, ragging, rushing, safing, protting, one-iteming – all the things that piss people off in normal PvP will be doubly frustrating in deadman mode, when everything is on the line all the time.

Jagex needs to consider these things or no one will waste their time playing the mode.

I'm excited, it looks like a fun challenge that I could see myself getting into.