kris_hole wrote:But you can always log out and then respawn at your hearth.
No, you can't, you don't get the option to respawn at your h/f ... at least I never have, I just spawned straight back in on the same spot.
The thing is ... you can log out to avoid death, problem being you can't log back in unless someone clears the dungeon, or at the least can clear the bats around you, which if you were ko'd in the middle of a swarm of respawning bats is unlikely. You can't always run and draw them out a bit as when there are a huge number surrounding you, you get stuck and can't move, it's even worse if you get trapped against a cliff, which happened to me, twice, as you can't fight either. I was lucky in that I did have someone there who could clear me a path out at least, but some of those rooms are lethal!
I kinda feel the options of death or not being able to play, if you value your char, is a bit much ... sort of like when concussion was first introduced and a bad knock meant no play for a week until you could heal properly. You should imo, at least have the option to escape, when ko'd, and abandon the dungeon.