A kill given to a victim after the killer suicides

(Ashog) #1

May be a similar bug to http://forums.warchest.com/showthread.php/36291-A-kill-given-after-map-end-if-a-player-disconnects

May also be a feature attempting to punish selfkilling in-fight (though I don’t think so)?

This seems to work if one suicides right after he killed someone and got some damage from him. I have not checked if this gives him a frag in the scores, but you can at least see this in the obituaries section:

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Sometimes an “X” is shown as a “weapon” of kill, sometimes a weapon the victim was carrying is shown as the weapon of kill.

thx to redtractor for testing this.

(Mustang) #2

If this is a feature I don’t mind it too much.

But it should be a lot shorter timeframe, e.g. within 2 seconds of last taking damage, and it should be consistent in the “weapon of kill”, i.e. always show X or always weapon that opponent was using.

If it’s not a feature then ofc all these should just show selfkill icons only and no opponent names.

(Volcano) #3

it is a feature

(DB Genome editor) #4

Does it only happens if you were previously killed by that same person or would the kill feed show whoever damaged him last? I mean if I injure someone but someone else kills me before that first person self-kill, or I’m still alive when he self-kills (because the engagement broke off or he self-kills during the fight), do I still get credited for it?

(Volcano) #5

the last person to touch him gets the xp and their name on the kill feed

(INF3RN0) #6

Feature and yea… it’s just there for people who get angry pants when someone kills out. I’m hoping it settles those who cared so much about that thing.

(Ashog) #7

Well in this case it is too simple an algorithm. Why is a kill given to a person who actually has been killed by a suicider? Let’s say I have killed a guy, noone around so I go for respawn and fresh ammo. Right after I killed the only opponent around. Why give a kill to him? The algorithm should cancel the kill giving to the opponent as soon as the opponent was killed by me. It should give the opponent a frag though when opponent survived the fight and I suicided after taking damage but not succeeding in killing that opponent. If you know what I mean.

(Kl3ppy) #8

Happend to me too. I get the point when you kill yourself during a fight but after I won the fight and I’m not under fire from an other player I want to respawn without punishment.

btw: Is a selfkill a kill and appears in the death stats?

(Wezelkrozum) #9

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btw: Is a selfkill a kill and appears in the death stats?[/QUOTE]

Yes. (Message to short…)

(.N.E.R.D.) #10

Well, he damaged you so much that you commited suicide and therefore he should get the credit for it. There should also be a system where you would get the frag when you trashtalk someone into commiting suicide over the chat :wink:

(Ashog) #11

Well this doesn’t make sense as there is health regen in the game. If I kill myself then it is only due to lack of ammo and fops.