Voxel Banking, Why the Theft?

I think the pixel penalty should be more. Make you honestly fear death. If you casuals had your way we'd probably be gaining pixels on death

 

I don't even know what this is saying but it doesn't invalidate my original statement. I can only imagine there is a misquote or something?

 

Shooter's the one who said "make banking free, but implement a pixel drop bonus based on the amount of pixels you're carrying" I think.

 

Oh I might have ignored the rest since it still allows suicide rushing which is bad.

 

What I mean is to change the action of the penalty from punishment to bonus without actually changing its value.

You can dodge the death penalty by storing your pixels, but by storing your pixels, you get no bonus. This is akin to storing your pixels and losing them in the process, but rather than a loss of pixels you have, it's a loss of pixels you could have.

If created properly, this would cause the player to see the penalty for banking as a bonus to exploring with cash on hand, making it sound better even though it actually isn't.

 

That's what I originally meant, yes. I didn't actually calculate any numbers, so I put it in more general terms.

 

As I responded in the last post a system that allows free banking negates the death penalty enabling suicide rushing. Sure it rewards for carrying pixels and not dying but it doesn't punish for dying even when doing so recklessly which is bad. The game needs to discourage reckless play.

 

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "suicide rushing." Is it rushing for pixels or rushing to shops to buy items?

Assuming it's rushing for pixels:

By slowing down farming for money without cash on hand, it would enact a similar penalty. What it does is spread the penalty out over the extra time spent grinding rather than forcing the player to pay it all at once.

Also, don't take this as a serious suggestion; I was just trying to demonstrate the concept. It's not something I'd really like to see in game.

 

Suicide rushing wouldn't really do anything unless they change bosses to have persistent health like doom gaze in ff6. far as I know they despawn and you have to start over don't you?

 

Suicide rushing could also be for chests, ore, finding villages, techs, dungeons, really anything that you find by exploration not to mention cheesing bosses. The system should not encourage this kind of play.

Not in my experience but the boss was close to spawn. Maybe if the boss was far from spawn but then that is still easy to exploit by simply summoning near spawn.

 

Well regardless it isn't that the game SHOULD actively discourage this type of play. Merely that you THINK it should. Don't get me wrong it's a valid opinion but still.

 

Um, what is the point of building progression into the game if the optimal strategy is to completely bypass all of it?

 

That wouldn't necessarily be the optimal strategy and actually sounds like more trouble than it's worth. Remember we are specifically talking about suicide rushing in this case and also that cheap tactics are still tactics nontheless.

 

So go in the configs and set your self into god mod?

Am I the only one who just disregards my pixel count and just plays to play, hell I usually have more than enough pixels for anything I make as it is?

 

And that is an opinion. It is what you think just because people agree with you does not make it any less of an opinion. Nor does it being an opinion make it any less valid either. It is important to note that I AM NOT saying you are wrong.

 

It would easily be the optimal strategy in many cases. Cheap tactics are exactly that and the game should do everything in its power to discourage them. That is one of the main reasons behind a death penalty in the first place.

It's not just an opinion, it is what makes it a game and not just a toy.