Can the combatant status be used for pve penalty reductions?

Sathrago

What I mean by this is that normally if a player dies while green it's more penalizing than if they died purple. You lose more exp, materials, etc. So, for areas like open world battlegrounds, caravans, and the open seas, will you still have these reduced penalties If an npc kills you or you take environmental damage that kills you?

George_Black

No. They said that even if you are a purple and you die to something else other than a player you will still get 100% of the death losses.

Dygz

You have a dev quote for that?

George_Black

I don't do fetch

Dygz

LMAO
Mmmm hmmmn

Dolyem

George_Black wrote: »

I don't do fetch

thats just counter productive

JamesSunderland

The Wiki says "Death penalties do not differ between PvP and PvE, but this is subject to change."
https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Player_death

So i would say yes? Atleast for now due to it being "subject to change" its from 2017 tho. min 36:23
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1duIKUf8gVs&t=2183s

Warth

Sathrago wrote: »

What I mean by this is that normally if a player dies while green it's more penalizing than if they died purple. You lose more exp, materials, etc. So, for areas like open world battlegrounds, caravans, and the open seas, will you still have these reduced penalties If an npc kills you or you take environmental damage that kills you?

if you die during the time you are flagged, then yes. Death Penalties do not differ between dying in a PvE and Dying in a PvP Situation by our latest information (which honestly is pretty hold).
You cant just randomly flag though shortly before death. You actually need to attack and hit another player to become purple.

Unknown how it will work in these open world battlegrounds (including the open sea and caravans).