Lot's of good feedback in here, thanks everybody.
Many things to answer, hopefully I won't forget anything. It also doesn't help that english was my worst subject and I read too darn slow.
It also explains any rambling as you read ahead.
AS Denidil mentioned, it is more of a matter of players understanding how all the mechanics work than a bug issue. Clearly we need to fix all the bugs. Thankfully, most if not all the bad corpse bugs are fixed. But we cant just tell players to figure it out or go somewhere else. If a significant portion of the players are having issues (and many are), then it's our duty to look into it and see if there is a better way to do while still retaining the original vision. Part of that is Sigil doing a better job of presenting that information to the players as well.
Bugs
Also, we have 70+ people on the Dev team, not everyone can work on fixing bugs. So please don't think that because we are looking at the death penalty that bugs aren't being worked on. The majority of the team are working on bugs. And no we are not changing systems because we cant fix our bugs with the first system. Lol. I wonder if that would work? :P
CS issues
CS was just one of the issues, not the only issue.
Soulbinding,
Yes, with items being left on your corpse there isn't much of a reason for soulbinding your gear. That's why it's only on test and not live. As many of you have pointed out, even one change can affect the game in many ways good and bad. That's why there is a test server and why we need players on it playing.
We did try the multiple different ways to die depending on the dot system in beta. It was a nightmare. Way too complicated and most people didn't get it.
also in progress but not all listed on the "in the works page" in addition to bug fixing... (two of which Calren mentioned)
- Better LFG functionality and making easier to get to people so you can find / get into groups.
- Rested EXP system
The wife is waiting for me to watch a movie
, I will check back in a couple of hours. I'm pretty sure I forgot something.