Why I would prefer permadeath in Pathfinder online?
Because in pen and paper Pathfinder you simply don`t respawn;everybody would find it strange and would remove excitement from combat and encounters.
Where are the true heroism in a world where you can not die. No rrisk, no héroes. And legends? What about narrating an epic quest where the valiant hero finally died for a cause? no possible.
In a character levelling system like Wow`s, permadeath is non-viable because you need months or years and thousands and thousands of monsters killed to reach highest levels. Un pen&paper Pathfinder/d&d you don`t need to exterminate the monster population of a region to achieve it. I dont want to experiment that kind of wow experience in Pathfinder. I would prever to invest much less time but much more exciting.
But sadly there is probably no enough market for a permadeath mmorpg; the average customer would feel too frustrated when his beloved character diez and would leave the gane forever :(
