Losing stuff on death, stories?

[Corpselocker]

I was ready to buy, but one of the reviews said people lose their rare stuff often due to events and death. Has this been fixed? Seems ugly just to be ugly...

[treahnurb]

Yes. It happens with exactly one character that is an "optional" death if you will (you can save him if you do it right). That character will vanish with the equipment if you don't manage to save them. It is also very late in the game when it happens.
Other characters that die will return their stuff.
Some characters will leave for a few chapters to do other things. Careful - they take their equipment with them but they also return with said equipment.

[zimfier]

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Yes. It happens with exactly one character that is an "optional" death if you will (you can save him if you do it right). That character will vanish with the equipment if you don't manage to save them. It is also very late in the game when it happens.
Other characters that die will return their stuff.
Some characters will leave for a few chapters to do other things. Careful - they take their equipment with them but they also return with said equipment.

I, too, read that reply and was worried; is it fairly overt when its going to happen? Or can you at least remove their gear post mission? Is there a good reason to leave them with gear, such as for example they show up mid mission later?

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Yes. It happens with exactly one character that is an "optional" death if you will (you can save him if you do it right). That character will vanish with the equipment if you don't manage to save them. It is also very late in the game when it happens.
Other characters that die will return their stuff.
Some characters will leave for a few chapters to do other things. Careful - they take their equipment with them but they also return with said equipment.

Is there any indication beforehand in the game that this can happen in that particular event/battle and to that particular character? I don't know the best way to ask for a more spoiler-free answer; not to minimize your response which is greatly appreciated.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by zimfier:

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Yes. It happens with exactly one character that is an "optional" death if you will (you can save him if you do it right). That character will vanish with the equipment if you don't manage to save them. It is also very late in the game when it happens.
Other characters that die will return their stuff.
Some characters will leave for a few chapters to do other things. Careful - they take their equipment with them but they also return with said equipment.

I, too, read that reply and was worried; is it fairly overt when its going to happen? Or can you at least remove their gear post mission? Is there a good reason to leave them with gear, such as for example they show up mid mission later?

It is usually very obvious when a character leaves for a while so you can take away their stuff. Because these decisions are mostly done inside of your Camp and it's up to you, always, when you end a Camp-day.
It is not recommended to let them keep their stuff other you have no other use for it because if they show up in a mission, they usually show up at the end and not as an asset. There is maybe just one single case where it might be smart to keep the character with a bit of equipment even if the character is very often not available because that time (and only that one time) the character will appear as asset. But in my game, they had their own equipment then and I never gave them some so even then they didn't became useless.

In my game, it was literally just one time where I was angry and that was with the, in theory, avoidable death because that character then vanished with a horse and a legendary item so go me. But that was almost at the end so I said "ah what the heck, ♥♥♥♥ it."
In other cases of death I got the equipment handed back, always.

[Corpselocker]

Thank you for the reply! I think it sounds like I can hack it.

[Sishiya]

Originally posted by treahnurb:

It is usually very obvious when a character leaves for a while so you can take away their stuff. Because these decisions are mostly done inside of your Camp and it's up to you, always, when you end a Camp-day.
It is not recommended to let them keep their stuff other you have no other use for it because if they show up in a mission, they usually show up at the end and not as an asset. There is maybe just one single case where it might be smart to keep the character with a bit of equipment even if the character is very often not available because that time (and only that one time) the character will appear as asset. But in my game, they had their own equipment then and I never gave them some so even then they didn't became useless.

In my game, it was literally just one time where I was angry and that was with the, in theory, avoidable death because that character then vanished with a horse and a legendary item so go me. But that was almost at the end so I said "ah what the heck, ♥♥♥♥ it."
In other cases of death I got the equipment handed back, always.

Thanks so much for the replies! I'd say this pretty much answers my concerns as well.

[treahnurb]

You're welcome :)

[PocketYoda]

I think i'll give this game a miss, doesn't sound fun to lose stuff, thank you all.

[Nirhildija]

Played 65% of the game now, have only lost 1 character due to plot. Apart from that, no one has ever left camp and I can always use them when I please. Lost another character but because I am playing with perma death and it was my fault lol.

[ODS_Jungsoo]

Hey! Just so let you know, if your character leaves the camp, you would be retrieving the equipment from the character automatically - please see the patch note we had making updates to that issue here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1580520/view/3519029136668082304

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by ODS_Jungsoo:

Hey! Just so let you know, if your character leaves the camp, you would be retrieving the equipment from the character automatically - please see the patch note we had making updates to that issue here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1580520/view/3519029136668082304

Thank you interested again.

[treahnurb]

Originally posted by ODS_Jungsoo:

Hey! Just so let you know, if your character leaves the camp, you would be retrieving the equipment from the character automatically - please see the patch note we had making updates to that issue here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1580520/view/3519029136668082304

Oh cool.
I love the way you guys constantly improve stuff.

[Corpselocker]

Originally posted by ODS_Jungsoo:

Hey! Just so let you know, if your character leaves the camp, you would be retrieving the equipment from the character automatically - please see the patch note we had making updates to that issue here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1580520/view/3519029136668082304

Now how is that for service. Thanks!

[ODS_Jungsoo]

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Originally posted by ODS_Jungsoo:

Hey! Just so let you know, if your character leaves the camp, you would be retrieving the equipment from the character automatically - please see the patch note we had making updates to that issue here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1580520/view/3519029136668082304

Oh cool.
I love the way you guys constantly improve stuff.

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[treahnurb]

Originally posted by ODS_Jungsoo:

Originally posted by treahnurb:

Oh cool.
I love the way you guys constantly improve stuff.

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