my wife an I often comment as we explore about the steep climb of resurrection costs. I guess, I kinda look at it like an arcade game. 25 cents 1p 25 cents to continue. As 100 energy is ~ 25 cents, when they start getting over that, it makes me feel ugh. At the same time I very much get the feel that boyd brought up... "I've invested sooo much into this floor, i dont want to lose it" That combined with the fact that its usually just one small sticking point that causes the issues. For example a particularly nasty gremiln battle (that happened last night) or a dense gun puppy trap which also happened last night, on the same level.

So going back to the core idea, I really really agree with the idea of a cap, I would put it at somewhere between 100 and 200 energy. If I am in a tough spot right now, I am getting less and less likely of hitting that revive button because it is constantly increasing, so even if my current is 80, if I expect to have to hit it again, ill know itll double. On the other hand, if I know it has a cap, I might be more willing to hit that cap, because I know, that it isnt going up again.

Oh and I have to respectfully disagree with the comparison of SK to rougelike games. Personally it feels like a cross between modern ARPGs and classic Gauntlet. Hence my earlier comparison.

Enough blathering for me.