User blog comment:Tephra/Hardcore Ethics/@comment-24916843-20150823083927/@comment-3423357-20150823085552

Well save and quitting is only a viable tactic if you know you are about to die. Most of my hardcore deaths have happened quite quickly without sufficient time to save and quit. Those are fair deaths resulting from jumping into a fight I wasn't fully prepared for against enemies too tough to take head on. The scenario I wonder about is when you have ample warning of your impending death, where you are not outclassed by the enemies, rather swarmed and subjected to a slow death.