15 Dumbest Ways Players Died In Video Games

Timers and Wipe Mechanics

Completing tasks on a timer is meant to be challenging – we get that. And if the result was simple failure, it probably wouldn’t be that bad. But when you die instead, it becomes a whole other level of stupid. The same logic could apply to wipe mechanics in MMOs or shooters like Destiny. When you fail to hit that threshold of damage on Oryx during King’s Fall and the whole group wipes, it can feel especially demoralizing, that too after hours of trying to complete the raid.