[Mark Sir Link]

Originally Posted by Hiro

if you don't suck at the game you can utilize the bonus's given by working for such an item that you won't lose it easily. you seem to be in fear of losing the time spent on the game: that's the entire point. you don't want to lose, do you? well you better be able to fend off your loot

In the end this would be appealing to very few players, I don't see how it's so hard for you to understand this. As far as skill goes in online games, suck is an extremely relative term. I'm sure someone from the #1 guild in WoW would say I suck at WoW even though I'm supposedly in the 25th best guild or something like that.

or you can flip it around. go and take someone else's stuff so you don't have to spend the time on making it yourself - it'll be hard to do so, but if you are successful then you get a great item

this only seems to encourage a wild numbers game where a select few will eventually acquire all the power. Again, not very fun for the typical player.

you're putting all your cards into most people quitting when they lose their stuff. from my experience on MMOs, the opposite happens: they start playing more after they lose their stuff. perhaps you're just the type of person who quits in fits of rage when they lose?

in what MMO does this happen? I can't think of any because it's a clear cut formula for financial disaster.