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Is it not broken? that a character dead or passed out can pick an item up? I dunno.
Like i said not had good or bad with it, just seems stupid.
I kind of see your point, but I don't agree that its broken... you could kind of have the same response with instant revivals, why when you die do you revive instantly? there should be a period of time with a process of revival rather than click a button to revive, just like nabbing something off the floor when dead (Use WoW as an example, when u die, you need to either be revived by a special class, or run as a ghost back to your body, unrealistic for sure, but there is a process).. Storyline wise, Mir is completely flawed, but the process of revival and picking up items when dead is just a part of Mir in my opinion.