Originally posted by Paid_Didnt_Win:

The skill drain is brutal, especially at higher levels... I don't think removing skills is the answer, but simply tempering the drain loss or providing ways to regain the skills back, perhaps.

I understand there needs to be consequences for deaths but losing hours and hours of progress can be quite frustrating.

Originally posted by Cryptix:

I don't think you should lose levels at all. I think that losing all your gear is good enough.

It's like "hey, you just got killed by a thing that's better than you are, in response we will make it harder for you to beat it in the future!" just seems kinda off to me.

You folks are right. This is basically my point, except put in a more eloquent way =) Thanks for sharing. Hope the devs notice this.