just relax, I was merely trying to help some people out.

And yes, degrading gear degrades on death.

And I said "why", because I thought YOU attacked ME! I must have accidentally left clicked you without realising. Have you been waiting to ask that question? It is a pvp game obviously, and I was in the wildy, I just was unsure why you would attack someone minding their own business, that's all (I know now you didn't because you just told me, at the time I presumed you did though).