level drained to death

[Koveras]

I was wondering why the animation and effects are like when you break a statue when Valen level drains somebody to death? Is it supposed to be like this? The loss of loot is a bit annoying. Any thoughts?                    

[INeedTheNetInMyRoom]

I think it has something to do with the game engine. The same thing happens when level drain from blackrazor kills someone.                    

[reiella]

Turn gore off, it supposedly helps (downside is it seems to make more types of death permanent when you don't have perm death enabled).

This is actually just a trait of the engine and how it deals with level drain death.  I suggest getting a different weapon for Valen to use most of the time in her primary hand, and only use the level drain on critters you know to be safe.  I personally usually have Valen go the route of CF + Sanchoo.