The permadeath thing
... Had to think about day z.
Could be interesting.
I'm dreaming of...
Gain WPF, strength, Agi by fighting (all thyne hard work....) not by xp or nerdy 24/7 gamesessions and multiplier rape.
And Skills by visiting training camps - servers where you cant die - but "skill your character" ... only wooden swords, deaths are not permanent - tho you cant get the cool equipment.
If you feel ready then to join an army and fight, you get your ass up to those battlefieldservers. Where you can spawn any time at your teams camp - but only once. If you die - you have to start all over again - OR your teammates save you... When you get wounded, get back to the camp and get your self a corpsman. Or you'll suffer penalties (like bjord said). Other cool realism feature would be if you could drag or carry "unconcious" or wounded friends out of the dangerous zone... Headshots and hits are instant deaths and cant be healed.
So you might get a good helmet ( if first person, a visor-mask-thing would be awesome... the heavier your helmet the less you'll be able to see. But the chance of instant deaths is smaller.
XP (killing enemies - surviving several battles - SAVING TEAMMATES) could give you like a better awareness of friends and foes ? Or useage/visibility of banners / Flags or special items... like kill 5 enemies, get a officer's sword or a flag or something.
Polls on each server who should be a teams officers (only those players wearing officer's swords are pollable) - like a ban poll but in a cool way. Officers can give orders, soldiers have to obey or they arent displayed as friends for the whole team (That would be the kujak mode)
And: Your Chars stats are only saved if you return to the camp after your fight. So if you just leave - your dead. As in reallife - when you get unconcious on the battlefield you're screwed.
If you loose connection hope, that your mates get you back to the save-zone where you are healed and where you can rest (and disconnect without dying)
Start coding will you?!
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