instant self destruct

[h2064 5]

so I just wanna know why it takes 10 freaking seconds to respawn if you tip over I mean you can tip over and 5 seconds into your self destruct someone takes your flag then by the time you respawn he captured it I think self destruct should be instant what do you guys think?

[gocac 17]

no, there is a good reason for those 10 seconds. if you are destroyed on your base, 1/10 of a second you press del and you are fighting the same dude with full health? come on

[HostileTakeover 34]

Unfortunately people would use that in DM's and TDM's to avoid deaths by repeatedly self-destructing right before they get killed.

Edited June 26, 2013 by HostileTakeover

[Cryin_Wolf 5]

Yeah but respawn should be faster or a guy in the other team caps your flag while you are respawning, so respawn faster and self destr. is ok like that

[DanTheKiller1 2,889]

Unfortunately people would use that in DM's and TDM's to avoid deaths by repeatedly self-destructing right before they get killed.

Maybe instant self-destructing should be added only for CTF/CP

[Scientist 4,224]

Use your Thunder's splash damage or your Rico's balls to self-destruct faster.

[JamesM10 14]

This would ruin the balance of the gameplay in my opinion, here are a few of the reasons:

 

1) As said before, if someone is attacking your base and you're dueling them, if you can instantly self-destruct the enemy will be fighting with a full hp tank within a matter of seconds..

 

2) Leading on from the last point, if your flag was under seige, all you'd have to do is type 'flag' in the chat and all of a sudden everyone would self-destruct to return to base and fight of the flag carrier.

 

3) It would be a lot harder for anyone to get kills, including yourself. It already annoys me when Thunders self-destruct, I don't want everyone with any weapon doing the exact same thing.

 

OP, think about your idea carefully and why it wouldn't work as you'd expect.

[Finesse 968]

This would ruin the balance of the gameplay in my opinion, here are a few of the reasons:

 

1) As said before, if someone is attacking your base and you're dueling them, if you can instantly self-destruct the enemy will be fighting with a full hp tank within a matter of seconds..

 

2) Leading on from the last point, if your flag was under seige, all you'd have to do is type 'flag' in the chat and all of a sudden everyone would self-destruct to return to base and fight of the flag carrier.

 

3) It would be a lot harder for anyone to get kills, including yourself. It already annoys me when Thunders self-destruct, I don't want everyone with any weapon doing the exact same thing.

 

OP, think about your idea carefully and why it wouldn't work as you'd expect.

Agreed

[r_Firingsniper0 1,215]

Come on what do you think thunders are there for

[KiwiZaphod 53]

People already self-destruct by driving off the map or using Thunder on a wall when they reach low health in Death Matches (single and team) to help their scores; some even go as far as leaving and re-joining the game rapidly. An instant self-destruct would send this to epic proportions - both DM and TDM games would be ruined.

[MTAOTHE 19]

No

[cube3e 1,973]

I agree with JamesM10's comment above, but this works for both sides, equalling it and i think (opinion) the only thing tipping me to vote 'no' is the fact that

this would be incredibly tedious when fighting because of the blowing up on low health point just like thunders or ricos (also i dont think its unfair about

ricos and thunders being able to do this as its part of there special abilites which equals it out even though they given given specially for self destructiing-

its an ability in an ability :) )

[r_InFamous_Tank0 6]

No. Be nice, let someone take the kill

[toomai51 55]

no

[ExtremeKiller26 443]

OMG! I almost got the gold box!! OMG OMG!

*accidentally press delete and self-destructs*

FUUUUUU!

[RiseOfCucumber 651]

This is like a real life , if you go going to put C4 , would you want it instant destruct or time destruct ? Think positive , if you want to self destruct your tank , there must be a time to run for your life .

[shootmeplizzz 0]

If self destruct is instantly,we will take a day to finish 999 DM match >_<

[r_tyler5580 3]

Yes it should because you dont just want to lay on your back and have to drug so enemy tanks dont kill you while you self distruct.

[MusicJam19 737]

Agreed to James's point

[r_DidYouKnowThat0 1,662]

Yes it should because you dont just want to lay on your back and have to drug so enemy tanks dont kill you while you self distruct.

  Are ya mad?! Do you not see the comments above?! :(

 

Anyways, you should time your Self-Destructs right. Each self-destruct is the same time-length as about two Railgun shots. So it's about 10-15 seconds. Anyway, when you're about to go into the front of enemy lines, before jumping out form behind the wall, hit the Delete button. That's what I did once with Mammoth. I killed like 3-4 tanks and then when I was about to die from Railgun shot I exploded and nobody got me for a kill. :lol:

 

(To make it most effective, wait a few seconds after hitting the Delete button before jumping out and going full throttle.)

 

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You know what would be interesting? Is to make the Tank have some wort of animation to show it is going to Self-destruct. Maybe a red alarm light that's flashing? I don't know. Maybe it's a bad idea. :P  Enemies will know when to jump down and return le flag. Take Silence for example. Say a Red-team takes blue flag and jumps down but flips. All the blue team members have to do is wait if they see he is self-destructing. When he blows, just jump down and the flag is returned.

Edited June 29, 2013 by r_DidYouKnowThat0

[h2064 5]

no, there is a good reason for those 10 seconds. if you are destroyed on your base, 1/10 of a second you press del and you are fighting the same dude with full health? come on

ITS CALLED A DIFFERENT SPAWN POINT

[h2064 5]

This would ruin the balance of the gameplay in my opinion, here are a few of the reasons:

 

1) As said before, if someone is attacking your base and you're dueling them, if you can instantly self-destruct the enemy will be fighting with a full hp tank within a matter of seconds..

 

2) Leading on from the last point, if your flag was under seige, all you'd have to do is type 'flag' in the chat and all of a sudden everyone would self-destruct to return to base and fight of the flag carrier.

 

3) It would be a lot harder for anyone to get kills, including yourself. It already annoys me when Thunders self-destruct, I don't want everyone with any weapon doing the exact same thing.

 

OP, think about your idea carefully and why it wouldn't work as you'd expect.

again ITS CALLED A DIFFERENT SPAWN POINT

[h2064 5]

Unfortunately people would use that in DM's and TDM's to avoid deaths by repeatedly self-destructing right before they get killed.

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people already do that by driving off the map

[DarkDiscipline667 0]

No.

[KiwiZaphod 53]

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people already do that by driving off the map

Sure - but that's limited to places where you can do it.  While it *is* a challenge to stalk down a repeated self-destruct fanatic and trap them in places where they can't bail out, given an instant  "Its my ball and if I can't win I'm going home and taking it with me button" would kill this game stone dead - unless there was a fixed number of self-destructs imposed, or it only became live if you hadn't press a key for (say) 15 seconds.