[Jazuela]

You wouldn't be investing 15 years in a character. You'd be investing a few days, or a few months at the most. Your character is likely to die long before you hit the 1-year mark. And those who have hit the 1-year mark have proven that they can handle that longevity with responsibility and NOT be griefers. If they hadn't proven that by then, the staff would've found a nasty somethingorother to make sure that character ceased to exist - or the rest of the playerbase would've done it so that staff wouldn't have had to. In permadeath games, characters that DO manage to live a long time, do so by NOT being griefers, and playing intelligently, and mostly - roleplaying rather than worrying about their coded skills.