Asheron's Call Looting Rules...
First, how much you drop depends on your level:
* When you are level 5 or under, you don't drop anything when you die.
* From level 6 to level 10, you lose half your coins (not trade notes) and nothing else.
* From level 11 to level 20, you lose half your coins and possibly one non-wielded item (that is, something that you were neither wearing nor holding in your hands).
* From level 21 to level 35, you lose half your coins and some number of non-wielded items.
* After level 35, you lose half your coins and some number of items. At this point, you can drop items that you were wearing or holding.
Now, in those last two cases, I said 'some number'. Some number here is equal to your level divided by 10, rounded down, plus a random number between 0 and 2. So from level 21 to 29 you can lose between two and four items; from 30 to 39 you can lose three to five items; from 40 to 49 you can lose four to six items, and so forth. By level 126 you can be losing up to 14 items!
(One caveat here: if you were killed in a PK battle, you always lose items as if you were over level 35, although the exact number you lose is still determined by your real level / 10. In other words, PK deaths do not get the special protection from item loss that NPK deaths get under level 35.)
I liked this system, it wasn't as gear Dependant as many games, however if you died and lost a good item it would effect you...loosing a couple items meant that you would be a bit more careful.
First, how much you drop depends on your level:
* When you are level 5 or under, you don't drop anything when you die.
* From level 6 to level 10, you lose half your coins (not trade notes) and nothing else.
* From level 11 to level 20, you lose half your coins and possibly one non-wielded item (that is, something that you were neither wearing nor holding in your hands).
* From level 21 to level 35, you lose half your coins and some number of non-wielded items.
* After level 35, you lose half your coins and some number of items. At this point, you can drop items that you were wearing or holding.
Now, in those last two cases, I said 'some number'. Some number here is equal to your level divided by 10, rounded down, plus a random number between 0 and 2. So from level 21 to 29 you can lose between two and four items; from 30 to 39 you can lose three to five items; from 40 to 49 you can lose four to six items, and so forth. By level 126 you can be losing up to 14 items!
(One caveat here: if you were killed in a PK battle, you always lose items as if you were over level 35, although the exact number you lose is still determined by your real level / 10. In other words, PK deaths do not get the special protection from item loss that NPK deaths get under level 35.)
I liked this system, it wasn't as gear Dependant as many games, however if you died and lost a good item it would effect you...loosing a couple items meant that you would be a bit more careful.