Umm, you do know that you don't get any drops from monsters that are killed while you're dead right? How will this make alt carrying more profittable if you still have to keep all your characters alive if you want to get the extra crowns?

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Yknow, this is one of the things that one thinks "WHY has this not been suggested earlier?" definitely something that should be changed, we should have the choice to revive whenever we want to.

All you have to do is carry them to the second floor of Vana, clear out a room and tuck your alts in some deep corner that no slag will ever wander into, then once you complete the floor have them pick up all the CR.

As of right now, if you get disconnected from the server, your emergency revive will not go off automatically. When you reconnect it will start. I think that having a 10-20 second countdown timer before reviving wouldn't be a bad idea. If you let players stay down forever, then they will stay down for entire bossfights until you kill the boss, and then they'll revive. Forcing a revive after a certain time would be a good idea. Perhaps have the revive be forcefully activated once drops stop happening? That will ensure you don't lose anything while also giving you time to be down, or be officially D/C'd from the server and stay down.

This mechanic was put in deliberately to stop alt farming, and reversing it isn't gonna happen. What should happen instead is refining the disconnection detection system, changing the you-don't-get-loot-while-dead-or-reviving to start, say, a minute after death, to compensate for d/c's, and having the system not automatically revive you if you are in an instantly damaging situation (under shadowfire, right next to a Grimalkin, on an activated spike trap, etc). It would take more work but it's a much better solution that doesn't break the game in other ways.

I think Fangel has the right idea with this. Just give the player a minute or so to voluntarily use their emergency revive before forcing it to proc, allowing them to tactically evaluate when there are 3 trojans cornering them..

Having 30 seconds to a minute to officially be D/C'd will ensure that your emergency revive is used if you're just waiting, but will not kick in if you are officially D/C'd. As of right now, you get D/C'd, the game continues, you get downed then the server gets you right back up, then the server realizes you've been D/C'd and creates a ghost knight. Under the proposed system, you get D/C'd, the game continues, you get downed and the server starts a countdown to get you back up. During that timer, you get D/C'd, and the server resets the timer and stops counting down. When you reconnect, you'll still be downed by your ER will be in tact. No system is going to be perfect, but this one will solve some issues with the current setup.

Yes, you shouldn't take damage if your internet cuts out. However, people will use this to their advantage, and simply DC for 5 minutes or so for a boss fight and force others to pick up the slack.

Perhaps give an incentive to protect D/C'd players? Such as, upon reestablishing connection, all players nearby an alive previously D/C'd player will get a 5 -10 second speed, defense, and attack boost? This requires having the D/C'd person nearby and having them be alive. Perhaps the power and length of these power-ups would depend on how long the person was D/C'd? Gone for 1 minute, get 1 second of powerup. Gone for 30 seconds, no power up. Gone for 5 minutes, 5 seconds of power-up. Perhaps proximity to the player could also add a multiplier? Such as, 0 tiles away you get x2 the power. 1-3 tiles, you get x1.5. 4-8 tiles you get x1. 9-20 tiles you get x0.5 power and time. Maybe it's too much at this point, but hey, 20 seconds max of extra power isn't something to overlook.
Would people abuse this? Yes, but it would be harder to abuse than D/C invincibility, and it requires collaboration between teammates outside of spiral knights. It would also require players to keep their fellow D/C'd players alive, and stick near them. Perhaps you could even pick up and move teammates like statues when they D/C. That would be fun.

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