It will kill this game as has killed every single game that has tried. Nobody will buy more 20€ nonflair armors from the store if they can just lose them. Groups will grief and bully new and solo players until they leave and only a few clans stay. If you want to kill this game, do it, be that stupid. There have been hundreds of examples the last two decades, and somehow some people think it wont happend to their game. Edit: I want you to think on the effects on real money armors (not flairs), pay 20€, get the armor, get killed, lose your armor. Thats what you want? Not flair armors like the Greycat-Black-Cherry-Armor-Set(17€) https://robertsspaceindustries.com/pledge/Gear/Greycat-Black-Cherry-Armor-Set Edit 2: Death of a Spaceman is a concept from 2013, it was fine until they started selling nonflair gear for real money. Edit3: They didnt cared about Death for a Spaceman for 8 years, they started selling nonflair gear, and suddenly, 8 years later, is the #1 priority? Edit4: It seems many people is confused with the purpose of this post, this is mainly about nonflair paid gear stolen, the fix is as easy as making them permanent account bound skins. Do you think its "cool" or "fair" that you lose real money skins after one death? But i also think they need to design the game to avoid extreme ganking. Edit5: Thanks for all the replies, thanks to you the devs will see this post. Yeah, the title was a bit clickbait, but it has worked.