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[Pezzer]

So umm, what is this? I was in my BJ-1, firing at a Centurion or something, when all of a sudden I take a stray medium laser shot and THIS HAPPENS.

Sad thing is, this isn't the first time I've had insta-death-suicide happen. It's happened a couple other times before (AKA one or two other times), one of which was in another medium I believe, my Hunchback. Is this a bug, hacks, or something else? Wouldd be nice to know how this is possible, thanks.
P.S. my 1st thought would be death by overheat, but at my ToD I was around 26% heat at the most....

[Hauser]

It kinda looks like you ran out of bounds. River city is kinda cramped when it comes to that.

[Pezzer]

Hauser, on 01 September 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

It kinda looks like you ran out of bounds. River city is kinda cramped when it comes to that.

I was on a slight hill, right outside of Epsilon I believe. It was River City Night, I started on the hill/dropship side. I should have been well inside of bounds, and recieved no warning indicator for being out of bounds. You could be right, but I don't see it as very plausible. Will check next time I'm in that map, however.

EDIT: Went into Training Grounds, the spot I was at is within bounds. So my sudden death is still a mystery :/

Edited by Pezzer, 01 September 2013 - 06:46 PM.

[Funkadelic Mayhem]

manage your heat better and stop overriding your shutdown.

[DarkDevilDancer]

Either you ran out of bounds or you were running hot overrode your shutdown and killed yourself with an overheat.

At 100% your engine takes damage from heat, the higher over 100% you go the more damage it takes and its possible to destroy yourself by overheating.

[torgian]

If he was damaged by heat, the death screen would have said "Damaged by Heat" or something similar. I've had it happen to me, so i doubt he was destroyed by overheat.

[Scruffyrogue]

Had he been damaged by heat, the screenshot would show that as "Damaged by Heat". There's no such mention, so assuming the screenshot and post are on the level I see no reason to suspect that he was overheating at the time.

That said, the forums are the wrong place for this. You should submit the screenshot and game info to support@mwomercs.com and report it there. They might actually be able to look at logs and see what killed you. And, more importantly, there's a chance they could find if a bug caused your death and actually fix it.

[BrianLocke]

As I recall, in the Tabletop it is possible for a lucky shot to get a crit. Maybe that ML found a ***** in your armor and slagged your engine?

[kf envy]

this sounds almost as fun as my flying hunchback when hit by L lasers.

im sure thats a bug after all PGI totally knows what they are doing.

[Nothing Whatsoever]

Were you in motion?

I would guess that you got lag teleported / rubberbanded out of bounds (or however best to describe it). It's possible that while your client looked to you like you were inbounds, the server had you moving out of bounds as you moved along the edge of the map there.

I've been bounced around on some maps when I'd stop on top of a hill or high ground to scout, but then find myself in a valley or forward from where I thought I had stopped.

It's especially annoying when you get stuck out of cover or end up in the middle of a group of enemies when you've thought you're safely out of trouble.

I'd say send an email to Support as already suggested.

[-Muta-]

Out of bounds 100% sure

[Alaskan Nobody]

Out of bounds has it's own death-tag - and does not destroy the internals of the CT last I checked.

I will add my voice to those saying to report it - that looks in every way (to me) to be a bug

[-Muta-]

Shar Wolf, on 12 September 2013 - 07:54 PM, said:

Out of bounds has it's own death-tag - and does not destroy the internals of the CT last I checked.

I will add my voice to those saying to report it - that looks in every way (to me) to be a bug

No sir... Just checked myself yesterday.

When you run out of bounds your engine explodes after 10 seconds. That is why it says that the engine was destroyed.

I will suicide and post SS so you can check on it.

Edited by Mutaroc, 13 September 2013 - 06:11 AM.

[Alaskan Nobody]

Well that works then...