We had XP deaths on Sullon Zek and it wasn't so terrible, even despite the fact that SZ was the griefing capital. Once in a while you heard about someone who fell asleep at their bind spot and got deleveled to 30 or something, but that was so rare those people became mini-legends and anyway I think GMs sometimes restored their XP (not that the GMs here would necessarily do the same). SZ didn't open until like late Velious though, I didn't move there until Luclin came out and it was much easier to level then, plus the server had significantly reduced the XP loss from (any) death and you only lost like a blue or something. The point is that XP loss isn't as terrible as it sounds if it's coded so that you don't lose the 10% of a level or whatever you lose from a PvE death, and it has a few benefits such as discouraging bind-rushing or routinely training people naked, and making it less appealing for griefers to try and get you XP-killed by mobs. I'm not necessarily saying there should be XP loss on red99, but I'd say itemloot is far more bitter than XP loss and it doesn't have to be as bad as it sounds.
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