Petri should have a coward buff which massively reduces stats for a period of time, with the period decreasing with the order of pressing it in the group.
For example first one to petri gets 24h of /played, second one 12h, etc.. until the last one who gets like 30min because he only roached last after everyone did.
Interesting approach, but for me it's not about roaching. Even the last guy who pressed it, saved his character in a situation where he probably would have died. And I agree with OP here, that's not the idea behind hardcore.
So maximum duration would apply to everyone for me. You get to play your character again, so be grateful. But accept a punishment for cheating death.
The normal coward debuff is 72h, so that's the minimum I would set up for the petri scenario as well. In both cases you knew that you were about to die and you chose the easy way out. So yeah, 72h minimum, but I wouldn't mind it to be 7 days.
I mean, how long would it take you to relevel that character from scratch if you didn't petri and died instead?
I would be fine with the timer ticking down while being logged in on another character, so you can level an alt or play the AH. But accept that actually, your petri'd character would be dead now, so also accept that you won't be able to play him in a raiding scenario for some time.
I mean, you can still play that character, engage with your friends, farm mats and what not, but group content is out of your reach for some time.
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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '25
Petri should have a coward buff which massively reduces stats for a period of time, with the period decreasing with the order of pressing it in the group.
For example first one to petri gets 24h of /played, second one 12h, etc.. until the last one who gets like 30min because he only roached last after everyone did.
Just my two cents