Death and looting are interact with each other. Looting is based on death, and death is the pre-step of looting. To better understand, the following is the comprehensive introduction on death and looting, respectively.
What makes Darkfall standout, in my opinion, is the incapacitation of a player when they reach zero life. A 60 second or so window will first pop up where you is about to decide the fate of the fallen player, or have a short chat with them. Darkfall does not have reviving spells, however when one player is in the trouble, anyone can give him or her a hand with no requirements for any spell and item. If the fallen player is left there for too long, he will lost his life because of bleeding too much. You also have the option to deliver the final blow to send the fallen player back to their bind point naked, and this is named the ‘Gank’ skill by Darkfall online. A player reaching zero life will call ‘Help Me’, his voice can reach far away.
Looting tends to scare people away and concern players who have never played darkfall. People who have played the game must know that darkfall has full loot on death. This makes players able to loot everything on dead player body except for the starter weapons but not including what he may have banked. Every player starts with a single starter weapon which can also be traded for a different one for a small fee of 20 gold. Because of this system, you will never be without a weapon no matter what happens.
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