iamah wrote:there will never be a solution for this game, because of the magic word: permadeath... even when you build "warriors" you tend to think twice before punting them at risk...
The game Rust is very exciting because people only lose equipments, but you keep your character, so there's still a lot of fighting and a moderate risk...
If Salem buffs defenses, no one raids, everyone eventually gets bored... If they buff raiders, one group eventually rules the whole server and everyone stops playing when they get stomped to dust... the middle ground will tend to boredom too because permadeath makes people not want to put effort into anything pvp...
when i came to this game i heard there was going to be witchcraft, and that hasnt neemed to happen yet but what if it did kind of
instead of dying an losing your character forever, getting murdered locks you out of your character fr a time
The murderer gets access to your character as a zombie with friend list and permission and full stats and equipment and claim access until the zombie is killed and they cant log out. when the zombie character dies the original owner gets the character back
witchcraft