levelthirteen
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The ability to place and remove checkpoints while playing, up to a small limit.

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eytanz
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You'd really need to explain this in a lot greater depth... How do you propose doing it? What counts as the limit? A cap per room? Per game? Per hold? How will they be used? Will they remain in place for when you next enter the room?

And most importantly - how will this benefit the game in any way?

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zex20913
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If it were up to me to decide, I would veto this proposal. The author has placed checkpoints (hopefully) in places where he or she feels that it would benefit the player or the level. Giving the player the ability to get a restore point whenever they want it would be cluttery for the Restore screen, and lessen the quality of holds.

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Oneiromancer
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Perhaps if it were a "one-time" checkpoint...you die, you immediately restart at this checkpoint, but that's the only time you get to use it until you restart at the last place you didn't use it up to. (Confused yet?) However, even this way (which wouldn't affect the Restore screen) still doesn't add much to the game, as eytanz said. In fact, it would remove some of the challenge...not really in the spirit of DROD.

Game on,

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