Roberto spotted a post by Sporkfire announcing the re-implementation of the original death penalty for retail. Here's a snippet:
At the end of the Head Start Event on Monday, February 27, we will release an update which modifies the death XP system and returns it to the original design. The XP debt in Head Start is currently the same reduced figure used during public Beta testing. This system was introduced during Beta in order to help players get to high level content faster so they could give us feedback on that content. We decided to leave the penalty at its lower state for this weekend's event to make it more of a true Head Start for those of you who are playing.
Ah, death being an inconvenience... who'dathunk? It will be interesting to see how people's opinions of the system change when they experience the full effect. Check out Sporkfire's post here.
