If you don't like deaths by RE you need to look where you are going...
Do you really expect a scout with 1/4 your HP to fight you 1v1????

And RE's cannot be detonated while dead, only while bleeding out
So if you wan't to avoid that, go for headshots or shoot the body after you down them

Detonating RE's post being downed: I see it as something my scouty ass does with his middle finger. "down but not out, ****er!" it's how I beat heavy rail riflers. I throw em, melee the guy, he whips around shooting before he sees me, kills me before he's done turning around(Thanks Auto Aim! Now no one needs to have skill anymore!), then he gets exploded.

ummmm......NO.

I read on here somewhere that CCP said you can't detonate an RE in death.

That's simply not true. I've detonated and killed people 3-4 seconds after I died.
And RSs are actually quite broken in terms of glitches as well, but what in this game isn't?

More and more often I am joining games where I can not even play because of the amount of people running remote explosives. I just finished a match where the top six guys on the other team didn't even shoot just threw remote explosives at you and set them off. The worst part about it is, YOU CAN STILL BLOW THEM UP EVEN AFTER YOU ARE DEAD!!! So long as you detonate before picking where to spawn back in. I know for a fact that this particular issue needs to be fixed, but further more, I would like it if I could actually be a heavy again instead of someone always running up behind me with remote explosives, or a scout flat rushing me and getting within throwing distance for them before I can kill them with and then set the explosives off after they are dead. Dust is my favorite fps and has been since launch, its shown constant improvement with each update and just like the old Flaylock nightmare that made me want to stop playing I have faith that CCP will fix this. Please patch remote explosives on 1.8. You don't even have to make them to where they do no damage just change it too where they only do 15% or 20% weapon efficiency against dropsuits to where you are not constantly one shot by people who can't really play the game, and just use the remote explosive to make it no fun for others.

You have to be skilled to use a RE effectively, it's not just dump and blow. It relies so much on how aggressive your opponent is, way more skill than using a gun.

Stop barreling into obvious places that are well defended. If they are able to drop a remote and get you, STOP STANDING STILL!

You can be revived after you are downed, it's the same for REs...You are only in a downed state. Double tap and kill the opponent, he won't be able to blow the remote.

no, no, no...lets not pretend placing REs is some elite chessgame that requires a PHD in strategy. Its just the latest craze with high dmg weapons with splash after the MD, flaylock and forgegun....and CCP needs to fix the after death detonation, its not operating as intended.

u lure guys into chasing u and verify they are in the killzone with passive or active scans. then BOOM. its not rocket science. I agree with the other poster about damage. u could make the argument that the prox mines that are counters to HAVs should do much more damage than an explosive that cant even breach walls.