Sick of ooRP traders

[Kaghuros]

World of Warcraft has a death penalty. You lose experience/gold for dying, I think you even risk losing items if they aren't bound to your character (I'm not sure, I don't play WoW).

You don't lose any of those things, broham. There's no penalty for death except an armor repair bill for the stuff that got broken while you were fighting. On the RP server I played on, we allowed people to escape any situation that would result in a character death by any means they chose before they entered combat. However, engaging in combat (RP combat, not dueling) consigned your character to their demise unless you were spared by the opponent. That can't exactly work in Freelancer.