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dp is easy to nix.

dp improves your treking skills (ninja)

dp motivates you to watch your actions at all times

max dp for a master is 4.6m (takes about an hour to grind off typically)

if your grinding a skill and dying all the time, that might be a hint that you should grind somewhere else or ajust your plan of attack to avoid that death

max dp is freedom from worry (some players live with dp because once at max, there's nothing left to worry about)

for those grinding skills, dp is a pain, but not game braking, i don't like dp, but i don't want to see it removed.

sitting off a max master dp (4.6m) takes a few days of doing nothing WITHOUT the special stuff from Ma-duk or that jena chick.

in the time i've typed this post, i could have lost 1% of a dp.

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Since this thread does come up every so often, I will have to say that I do understand Nehrie's point.

At low level, it isn't the DP that's off-putting, but the mix of factors. You die, you respawn with very little health (unlike other games where you get refilled), and with a death penalty on your experience. So, what can you? You first have to sit down and regenerate, which at low levels is *painful*. Then you have to slowly work your away again through death penalty, hoping you don't die again, and most of the time having to sit down between kills (because, again, your regen sucks). I've seen countless newbies die again and again because having to wait so much is plainly boring, so they attempt to start *doing* something before having fully regenerated.

So, in a way, this mechanic does suck. Not because of DP itself, but DP does add to it.

I thought Nehrie was a daring, brave marauder. Shouldn't be afraid of a little DP. It helps to build character. ^^

Sort of related to DP, when you need to regenerate, that is the time where you can read the forums! Just read one or two posts, and before you know, you have rejenerated your stats. AND, if you respond to a post, well... that is just a good thing anyway (I guess)

Ha ha ha

Believe it or not... Maras start out at level one also. :)

Though Lost Girls do not rez males on principle - it encourages them to keep breathing.  Homines should not underestimate the usefullness of playing dead and 'crying' for a rez like a weanie male.  Marichia and I lay in the mud this afternoon in FD to lure Beeficus into a 'rescue', in the hope he would die for the third time.  Sadly the ungrateful swine survived long enough to rez us.  Ufffffff!  But, fortunately, he is dumb enough to fall for this trick over and over :D

The point being that DP can be lots of fun - especially when you give it to a dumb male that is trying to grind :D