Originally posted by Schrompf:

I'm quite tired of all the people coming up with excuses why *they* personally think that skill loss is fine and how exactly the game is supposed to be played *by everyone*.

I play this with my friends. We have a private pw-protected server, and we spend some time together in this game at late evening after job is done, house chores are done, children were put to sleep, mails and letters are handled... you get the point. We have a few hours, once or twice per week. And because of this silly skill loss we'll probably never hit lvl20 in any skill except maybe wood chopping. And simple server-side bool would make this bearable. Maybe I can actually sneak up to a Draugr if I get to lvl50, who knows? I'll never know, not with the current skill loss mechanics.

But you all spittle and jammer like it would be the game's demise to have the *option*.

People are free to complain about the game being too difficult, penalties too severe, ladders too hard to climb, etc, just as much as people are in the right to defend the current state. I doubt people would jump in to excuse the current state if the OP or yourself asked for a more casual option, instead of exclaming that the penalties are too severe and the person at hand can't level his character as fast as he wishes. See the difference?

I believe the current skill loss is decent as it is. I don't want the 'normal game experience' to be easier or cheapened, but I also wouldn't mind if the devs implemented a more casual mode when they find the time to do so.