well i had a good run? i had a nice camp and my hhp kept dwindling. I died of some unknown reason, apparently the game developers thought this was a fun feature.
I had a bandage on my head...apparently wasnt working fast enough. NOt sure if I want to bother with it again, but it was fun for a little while.
Martinuz: Tree is dead.
You get thorns if you walk on forest tiles without footwear, that's what I'm assuming happened. A little icon will constantly appear under your status bars that looks like a foot above a spike; unfortunately they don't have tool tips on status effects which makes them sort of useless. I hate how you literally HAVE to dig through mounds of forum posts to find out about key features. But it is still in alpha..
I've died countless times from really stupid stuff. Normally that wouldn't bother me, but the shear amount of time I put into my first character completely ruined the game for me when I was murdered (for no reason). There was no ancestor worship and my character was full change. Being anything else in a calm environment was silly, exp gain was too slow. I was one of the most powerful characters in the game.. though I was an archer, so the overpowered unarmed skill helped the guy beat me to a pulp within seconds.
It's a much different game now, much more involved, but death is much too unfun for the amount of time and effort it takes to get anywhere or earn anything. What's worse is the game is so exploitable that countless people are ruining the game for others. That's how they get their kicks. Newbies to the game will never get anywhere in comparison with those lucky enough (or elusive enough) to have survived from pre-Ragnarök times.
I finally gave the game another chance after a dozen updates. Needless to say, I accidentally drowned while hunting. Fun.