I've noticed this more in corp contracts, basically three or four guys on a team suiciding anywhere from 7 to 12 times within the first few minutes of a match. One match I was in fighting for State Peacekeepers saw our team lose 40 clones within the first four minutes of battle to a group of four players continually suiciding, respawning then suiciding again.

Ultimately the match became ridiculous, playing 12 vs. 16, and we ran out of clones twice as fast as any other match I've been in. I am aware that damage done to your own team players is tracked, I propose there be an automatic kick for any player after their 3rd suicide. I added as contacts the players that were suiciding so as to avoid playing with them in the future.

I've noticed this more in corp contracts, basically three or four guys on a team suiciding anywhere from 7 to 12 times within the first few minutes of a match. One match I was in fighting for State Peacekeepers saw our team lose 40 clones within the first four minutes of battle to a group of four players continually suiciding, respawning then suiciding again.

Ultimately the match became ridiculous, playing 12 vs. 16, and we ran out of clones twice as fast as any other match I've been in. I am aware that damage done to your own team players is tracked, I propose there be an automatic kick for any player after their 3rd suicide. I added as contacts the players that were suiciding so as to avoid playing with them in the future.

na most people who do that do it manually


and sorry, no one's been banned for sabotaging a match.

ever.

Nice thread! Kudos for raising this.

ItGÇÖs a difficult subject. We know the New Eden/ EVE game environment is heavily about deception, double-dealing, infiltration and betrayal---I RESPECT that as part of the EVE / Dust player social interaction and alliance-building.

But when it's being done in a match where we're really just fighting in the service of an automatic client (the NPC corps in FW), and not a real-stakes in the real-EVE match, maybe we shouldnGÇÖt accept it as just the regular, allowable AWOXing or deceiving.

If an activity makes player tactics and interaction difficult during gameplay, then oh-well, thatGÇÖs EVE and IGÇÖll take the lumps.
But if an activity makes the GAMEPLAY itself difficult, then it pushes players away from the matches and injures the game (not simply injuring an opponent as part of the game).

If a suicide agreement was contracted as part of a Merc-Capsuleer scheme to defeat a merc assault on a district, okGÇögood for them and their deviousness. But if its allowed in simple Pub Matches and NPC Factional matches, BAD for everybody!


The author is right . We need to make some kind of distinction, and hopefully CCP can maybe institute a penalty that will allow it in PC play, but protects Pubs and FW gameplay.

The reason these sorts of tactics can be allowed in EVE, but need to be regulated in DUST, is that players in DUST have no control over what people get put into a match with them, and they cannot recruit additional forces to help them in an engagement. As long as DUST is a 16v16 shooter with matchmaking building the table, exploiters do need to be handled.

The reason these sorts of tactics can be allowed in EVE, but need to be regulated in DUST, is that players in DUST have no control over what people get put into a match with them, and they cannot recruit additional forces to help them in an engagement. As long as DUST is a 16v16 shooter with matchmaking building the table, exploiters do need to be handled.

if you see this behavior, report the name of the player, the time of the match, and any details in a help ticket. GMs will decide whether or not to take action.