> >First, I want to make one point: most deaths
> occur 2 to 3 zones from the bind point.
> Agreed this would be the average death distance
>
> With those points made, I believe that Verant gave
> magic-users and priests the ability to bind anywhere
> because making the 2 - 3 zone run to fetch a corpse
> can be darn near impossible. Magic-users are roughly
> 40% less effective in melee combat because of their
> reduced OFF/DEF, and priests are down 20%, and neither
> group has any special melee attacks like the melee
> classes.

A melee class that depends completely on their armor
and weapons, which are now 2-3 zones away on their
corpse. A casting class depends on their spells which
are on them at ALL times no matter where they are.

So it's more dangerous for a caster to run 2-3 zones
away completely armed with their weapons (spells) and
their shields (spells), and less dangerous for a melee
class to make the same run with no weapons and no
armor at all.

Please explain that again. I think I missed something.