[SIZE=13]This past evening, my character died solely on account of the soul mother cut scene that appeared when another character lost their tenth soul strand. With the exception of two breaks of a few weeks each, I have played in Layo since June of 2005. Only once have I seen the cut scene actually work, and even then everything froze and I had to re-log.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]I have heard of many other instances in which this cut-scene freeze has cost other players their characters lives. Fortunately this evening, Krys didnt lose any soul strand. I hope none of the other players characters lost any strands. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]I am making this post to implore the team to re-develop something that works and doesnt cause others to crash - usually during fights where crashing proves fatal.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Heres a suggestion.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Player A has a character, Z who has lost 9 soul strands. A group with whom Z is journeying finds itself in a tough fight in which Z dies and loses his last soul strand. No cut scene occurs and the difficult fight is allowed to continue unabated. Player A receives the regular death options menu - nothing different than before. If for whatever reason player A chooses to Wait for help, any cleric examining Zs corpse will get a message that Zs soul has departed forever to the Plane of the Lost, and perhaps beyond, into the arms of Zs god. Please indulge me for the sake of this example, as a much more prosaic version of this message can easily be developed. Any form of raise/resurrection is impossible.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Effectively, the respawn option is the only one available to player A at this juncture. The respawn takes character Z to the death void or some similar area where player A witnesses some Soul Mother Scene alone in a place where it wont disrupt any other players game play.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Once Z is respawned, a grave stone appears where the corpse was located. Again, an apt inscription could be developed later, but for the purpose of this example, let it say, Rest in Peace Z.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Thanks for considering this. The soul mother cut scene is highly flawed and has an established history of injuring players interests by causing the deaths of characters who would not otherwise have been affected by the death leading to the cut scene. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]So if you are looking to improve Layo, getting rid of the cut scene and replacing it with something that works - not only makes sense, but is long over due.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Respectully,[/SIZE]
[SIZE=13]Yllyrryon[/SIZE]
