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Questions regarding Death Chests

Navix_Song

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Oct 22, 2013
Let's say you go out for a swim in the ocean and go deep underwater, deeper. All of sudden you start gasping for air and didn't realize how deep you were, so you drown. Luckily you had a chest in your inventory where all your items get stored. Here's the questions:
Does death chest still function even though you are deep underwater? If it does, how long do you have to get your death chest,and you know that no one else would get it since it's like in the middle of the ocean. Is it the same for lava?
 

Fjordsen

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Oct 30, 2011
The same rules for the surface applies underwater, if you're not on the ground but in the air when dying a deathchest won't spawn. Same for underwater, you have to be on the ocean floor for the deathchest to spawn.
 
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if you're not on the ground but in the air when dying a deathchest won't spawn.
I wish a chest did spawn even if you died in the air. I have lost Inventories of items because of this. Perhaps when you die, it'll find the block below you on the Y axis and spawn the chest above that block there.
 

Fjordsen

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Oct 30, 2011
I wish a chest did spawn even if you died in the air. I have lost Inventories of items because of this. Perhaps when you die, it'll find the block below you on the Y axis and spawn the chest above that block there.
There has been talk of removing deathchests alltogether since you keep your gear on death, so I doubt we'll see a "buff" on death chests.

@darksilverjesse What's your problem? I am sharing information and you dislike my post.
 
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Navix_Song

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Oct 22, 2013
Ok so I was on the ocean floor and I believed a dead chest did spawn since I used /tomblist and it gave me coordinates. Is there a time limit in which I can retrieve it?
 

Dreamcycler

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Jun 18, 2012
Ok so I was on the ocean floor and I believed a dead chest did spawn since I used /tomblist and it gave me coordinates. Is there a time limit in which I can retrieve it?
The chest will stay until removed, but the lock on it is only a few minutes.
 

Fjordsen

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Oct 30, 2011
Ok so I was on the ocean floor and I believed a dead chest did spawn since I used /tomblist and it gave me coordinates. Is there a time limit in which I can retrieve it?
I think the LWC Lock lasts for 5~ minutes, but the chest will be there untill someone breaks it.
 

darksilverjesse

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There has been talk of removing deathchests alltogether since you keep your gear on death, so I doubt we'll see a "buff" on death chests.

@darksilverjesse What's your problem? I am sharing information and you dislike my post.
i disliked the thought of removing the tombstone. the ungreatful little pvp'rs that keep attacking me while I'm fishing is getting annoying. i like the thought that I have 3 minutes to go get my stuff. i would like them to improve it to air and sea aswell by spawning the tombstone on the nearest lower block.
 

inscopia

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Oct 19, 2012
There has been talk of removing deathchests alltogether since you keep your gear on death, so I doubt we'll see a "buff" on death chests.

@darksilverjesse What's your problem? I am sharing information and you dislike my post.

I only have very little time to discuss my point of view because of this my reply may be short and not get the complete idea across.

This is regarding the complete removal of deathchests altogether. I understand the thought behind removing deathchests due to players now keeping their armour and what they are holding in their hand upon death, however we need to consider a few other factors. Firstly What about the little miner mining away when they die, the armour and pick in which they were holding in most cases could not amount to the items lost; unless this death was caused by pvp which will be explained in a moment. Secondly, in PVP situations removing the deathchests seems like a great idea the losers keep their armour and weapons, which can be used to come back and fight again, and the winners get to keep the potions etc..

From that aspect I understand the want to remove deathchests in PVP scenarios, however I have been under the impression since beginning Herocraft some time ago that the point of the deathchest is to encourage PVP; you are killed, you come back with a mate or just by yourself with some new gear, they are all waiting around your chest/s, and so the battle begins. This applied to people who are PVPed whilst mining, this may not apply for newcomers with low levels but generally not everyone who goes mining comes geared for PVP; deathchests give them the opportunity to come back and fight for what is theirs!

I am not finished had to go, didn't ever edit so excuse grammatical and spelling errors; will finish later today.
 

Fjordsen

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Oct 30, 2011
i disliked the thought of removing the tombstone. the ungreatful little pvp'rs that keep attacking me while I'm fishing is getting annoying. i like the thought that I have 3 minutes to go get my stuff. i would like them to improve it to air and sea aswell by spawning the tombstone on the nearest lower block.
I haven't posted my own opinion about this matter, I simply posted the information I knew regarding the deathchests and used that information to make a logical statement. Disliking something on the forums gives negative ratings for the user who receives it, so you shouldn't use it unless someone makes a hateful post etc. There are lots of ratings for each situation, atleast try to use the correct ones.

/Rant

Personally I like deathchests and I agree that it's a needed counter-measure against the many PvPers on Herocraft.
 
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