Looting your own body

[DemonGroover 8836]

This really irritates me - the fact you can respawn (maybe not so much anymore with the latest update) and then head off and loot your own body.

Surely there is a paradox here - wouldnt the universe spontaneously explode if you saw your own body?

Anyhow, i think that you should not be able to loot your own body. I know there are loopholes ie: get teammates to grab your gear, but i think this needs to be addressed. In some cases Death isnt death it is just a pause as you leg it to your own body and get your stuff back. I know this isnt always the case as your body may have been looted by someone else.

I am not sure of the fix to be honest - maybe the equipment is flagged so that you arent physically able to use or equip any of it when you respawn.

I just find the whole idea terribly unrealistic....like a zombie apocalypse i suppose.

[Tyrog 10]

It's not your " own " body. It's your previous character's body.

The paradox is that people know everything about their previous character. Where they died, where they hid their tents. Who they were friends with.

[harrumphicus 0]

Libel! Slander! Lies! A zombie apocalypse is not unrealistic, it just hasn't happened yet.

On a for-real note, I don't think this idea holds much ground. If you've got friends who are willing to guard your body long enough for you to get back safe, then they'd be willing to grab your stuff and give it back, or at least trade you for one of their guns if your equipment were flagged. On the other hand, if you get killed and manage to make it back to your unguarded body without it being looted, good on you.

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Also, flagging equipment with "ownership" tags would allow some clever hacker to find out who's killed who and start wars etc.

Though it would be cool to see how many times a weapon has changed hands. It'd be like that "Where's George" site.

[DemonGroover 8836]

I see your points. I also understand that friends would loot and pass equipment back to you.

It just irks me that your new character can just armour up in half an hour or so without having to go back to basic survival mode and find stuff for himself again.

Not that i play that way...i have no friends.

[Malleovic 3]

I completely agree with you.

There are a number of ways to solve it, including your idea about item restrictions..

I'm sure it'll never get implemented, but eh, I think it's a good solution.

[Virfortis 111]

Corpse runs...sounds suspiciously MMORPG-esque doesn't it?

[DemonGroover 8836]

The idea of not being allowed back on that particular server seems a bit harsh but i can see the positives.

The whole friends guarding the body or picking up equipment and giving it back to you seems to be the main problem. If you were solo there could just be a timer applied that makes all equipment disappear. This would simulate the dead body being already looted when you get back to it (unless you were very close of course).

With friends though there are many loopholes whereby teamates can grab stuff and drop it on the floor for your return etc thus nullifying the timer.

Maybe an option is to have a % chance that equipment degrades or even be damaged as to be useless after death (i know Rocket is looking into these kinds of mechanics) - perhaps the gun jams alot, the beans are spoiled, the grenade has a chance of exploding, the pepsi is spilt, the backpack is torn...

[Malleovic 3]

The idea of not being allowed back on that particular server seems a bit harsh but i can see the positives.

Yeah I'm not in favor of that either. I was suggesting that players simply be disallowed from looting their own corpse, period. They can stay on the same server for all I care, just as long as they spawn ridiculously far from their deathsite where any teammates might be.