Remove Suicide Feature

[Tofurkeymeister]

I looked in the suggestion thread and searched, so here it goes:

Remove the feature to kill your self in BF2. By this I don't mean teamkilling, throwing yourself on your own grenade, etc., but rather remove the suicide button from use.

I thought of this idea when a friendly pilot in my squad was shot down. Instead of getting transport or attempting to stay alive, he commited suicide, as the long respawn time was still shorter than the alternative

By removing the suicide button, it is not only more realistic, but forces people to stay alive instead of giving up due to impatience (hey, I do it too).

I think this suggestion would increase realism greatly, but presents many challenges and difficulties to be implemented effectively.


Let the flame war begin .
-Tofurkeymeister

P.S. I suppose you could mess with the suicide respawn times, instead.

[Rudd]

Your points are valid, but sometimes you get stuck in a bug and have to kill yourself. Though since most classes have the ability to do it with a grenade it might be worth removing the button.

[[R-DEV]crazy11]

There are valid reasons it is there, as rudd said sometimes you get stuck in places you cant get out of. I know today I got stuck in a room with no exit and I was the medic so I had to suicide.


I am going to say a no to this suggestion.

[Bellator]

I cant even remember how many times I've gotten stuck in some pitiful hole in Archer or Korengal.

[bloodthirsty_viking]

ive been stuck in holes ingame before, but really, cant it just be fixed with a teamkill ? XD

i mean if you get stuck, your squad should be nearby... but there is also the problem about being off a bit from the squad, or they died, and you got stuck regruping....

[[R-DEV]Rhino]

tbh I've never thought of this in this way and although when reading the title I thought this was going to be a really crappy suggestion, you have a very, very good point here.

Like many have said, the suicide feature is there to allow people to have an option of being able to be able to get back into the game after getting stuck down a well for example (you would be amazed how many people go to look what's down a well only to find themselves falling down it ) and the odd bug, there are many holes on the maps where you simply can't get out of them, even with a grapple hook and suicide is the only option, other than disconnecting from the server etc.

I think a better option as you have pointed out is to maybe mess with the spawntimes of a suicide to make it something you wouldn't want to do unless its simply your only option left.

Will think about it some more

Originally Posted by bloodthirsty_viking

ive been stuck in holes ingame before, but really, cant it just be fixed with a teamkill ? XD

not if there are no team members around no, not to say many players wouldn't want to purposely team kill anyways.

[galeknight1]

I've think the time included with suicide is not an issue, as they can just go off and do something else. Removing it completely is a better solution imo.

[Conman51]

i prefer the added time limit, even if they can go do something else, its not going to be PR

[Rudd]

I think a better option as you have pointed out is to maybe mess with the spawntimes of a suicide to make it something you wouldn't want to do unless its simply your only option left.

Setting the suicide punishment for pilots at 5mins maybe?

[master of the templars]

its already 60 seconds (plus time from previous deaths i think), and punishing any more for something that can be necessary is over the top.

Even the miss use, if you could call it that, is by no means a game breaker when you think how rare it is for some one to actually survive a crash or similar situations.