What is the penalty for Dying in the game?

[curelne]

The xp penalty increases with your number of deaths, but still remains acceptable, unless you try to cross the prime roots alone at level 12 and die every five minutes.

[gralen]

You pick up a small 'xp penalty', which you'll need to work off before you can advance in level again. It's really not that much though, and can generally be worked off after a couple of good kills/harvests etc.

It's small at lower levels, it's not so small as your level increases and it can become huge if you die again without working your DP off.

[vguerin]

I would like to know how nasty of a penalty for dying in this game is? I pretty much suck at everygame i play, so i know im going to die alot, and was just wondering how much its going to set me back when i die.

I cannot find the link to the official info... I believe it is 10% of your highest level worth of XP, this adds onto itself up to 10 times. If you have died 10 times and have not gained back your XP, it then goes backwards to allow you to get out of the XP hole.

The best way to kill a DP, is using your lowest level skill (or any skill that will allow the highest XP) to get as close as you can to the 3K XP cap. It goes away fast compared to other games, but never good to craft away DP and not get credit for the valuable resources you'll be using.

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[gralen]

I cannot find the link to the official info... I believe it is 10% of your highest level worth of XP, this adds onto itself up to 10 times. If you have died 10 times and have not gained back your XP, it then goes backwards to allow you to get out of the XP hole.

http://atys.ryzom.com/?page=update_latest&read=more Look for the August 20th patch

• More details on the death penalty :
> If you die again before cancelling your death penalty, we add a new 10% malus to the current one.
> After 10 deaths without being able to cancel the penalty, we stop increasing the malus.
> Instead, we start taking the same 10% off the amount of "penalty XP" you've already gained.
> Ultimately, there is a point when things can't get worse and you can only do better.
NB : Death penalty applies only if you die and respawn, not if you fall and someone heals you.

The best way to kill a DP, is using your lowest level skill (or any skill that will allow the highest XP) to get as close as you can to the 3K XP cap. It goes away fast compared to other games, but never good to craft away DP and not get credit for the valuable resources you'll be using.

Exactly, no matter what having a DP is not good. I've also noticed that I attract more aggro when carrying a DP, either that or I still smell dead?