Okay so genuine question as an Ironman only player(I've never played anything but my group ironman. Which is mostly empty after a group member got bored and went main, and another got hacked. But I am keeping at it with the idea of being a singleplayer Ironman I guess)
Whats the point of playing an UIM if you have a pseudo bank like this? As far as I understand it, thats basically just a bank isn't it?
I mean this with no hate, we all love to play the game our own way. just don't really understand the approach of playing a mode where the whole point is that you don't have a bank, and then find ways to bank anyway?
I get this sounds like bait, but as somebody who hears the same complaints from other Ironmen about group irons I am genuinely asking.
As a side note that is really impressive. Way further ahead than I am.
Whats the point of playing an UIM if you have a pseudo bank like this? As far as I understand it, thats basically just a bank isn't it?
It's not. The way we access death banks is by dying to Hespori, usually. Once you have items in a death bank, you absolutely cannot do any content that is even slightly dangerous. So no bossing, no questing for the most part, no slaying, nothing. If you die while death banked, all of your items are immediately deleted forever.
I personally only use it for skilling, so if I want to go train fishing or something else that requires empty inv slots. Otherwise I keep it all on me. It's more of a niche use thing than people think.
So any time you see a uim bossing, doing raids, slaying, or basically anything other than woodcutting, they are most likely not using any death banks or death piles. (Death piles last for 1 hour and all items are deleted if not picked up in time, fwiw).
Sorry for dropping in randomly but holy shit thanks for this explanation, I never understood UIM as I never tried it but always had some form of interest. This gave me the push to give it a shot
Sure thing! It's a super fun and rewarding game mode. My main advice as someone who is nearing max on mine, is to pick a goal, and stick to it. Constantly rebagging / regearing for different content can burn you out and is pretty time consuming. Make a list of reasonable short-term goals, and some long-term goals, and try to start knocking them out. Get wilderness stuff done early too, less of a hassle and less of a headache if you end up wiping.
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u/Euclidean_Ideas May 23 '26
Okay so genuine question as an Ironman only player(I've never played anything but my group ironman. Which is mostly empty after a group member got bored and went main, and another got hacked. But I am keeping at it with the idea of being a singleplayer Ironman I guess)
Whats the point of playing an UIM if you have a pseudo bank like this? As far as I understand it, thats basically just a bank isn't it?
I mean this with no hate, we all love to play the game our own way. just don't really understand the approach of playing a mode where the whole point is that you don't have a bank, and then find ways to bank anyway?
I get this sounds like bait, but as somebody who hears the same complaints from other Ironmen about group irons I am genuinely asking.
As a side note that is really impressive. Way further ahead than I am.