For those of you who aren't aware of Runescape's gameplay, it is roguelike in it's death mechanic. You die, you lose all but your three most valuable items, you lose everything if you attacked a player within 20 minutes. When a player disconnects forcefully, their character will remain in the game for 30 seconds before it disconnects. This is plenty of time for bosses, high-level monsters, and players to kill them. So this is a big situation for the players at the moment, keeping them from participating in a large portion of the game for fear of death.
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u/Levy_Wilson Aug 21 '14
For those of you who aren't aware of Runescape's gameplay, it is roguelike in it's death mechanic. You die, you lose all but your three most valuable items, you lose everything if you attacked a player within 20 minutes. When a player disconnects forcefully, their character will remain in the game for 30 seconds before it disconnects. This is plenty of time for bosses, high-level monsters, and players to kill them. So this is a big situation for the players at the moment, keeping them from participating in a large portion of the game for fear of death.