If I felt that my character's story was done, or it has come to a point where death would complete that story, I absolutely would.
What I would miss are the connections that the character has made, the relationships, and the memories she has created with other characters. That takes time to nurture! To start over again with a brand new character ... it would mean having to start from scratch all over again, meeting people, forming new friendships.
Which could be fun in its own right, but still, death of my character would also mean end to those relationships which for me are just as important as who she is.
As for considering death as a possibly to make a RP situation more "realistic" ... I think you can discuss with those involved to still come up with serious realistic consequences other than perma-death to give the story the weight that you want it to have.
As for OOC progression? I would just use the transfer/same name character creation/transfer back method to change and fantasia a new toon so I still have a well leveled/geared character I can RP/play with. That doesn't bother me one bit. I do wish though that SE would allow easier way to change names. I would love to just pay a fee for it.
What I would miss are the connections that the character has made, the relationships, and the memories she has created with other characters. That takes time to nurture! To start over again with a brand new character ... it would mean having to start from scratch all over again, meeting people, forming new friendships.
Which could be fun in its own right, but still, death of my character would also mean end to those relationships which for me are just as important as who she is.
As for considering death as a possibly to make a RP situation more "realistic" ... I think you can discuss with those involved to still come up with serious realistic consequences other than perma-death to give the story the weight that you want it to have.
As for OOC progression? I would just use the transfer/same name character creation/transfer back method to change and fantasia a new toon so I still have a well leveled/geared character I can RP/play with. That doesn't bother me one bit. I do wish though that SE would allow easier way to change names. I would love to just pay a fee for it.
