l33tworks, on 20 October 2015 - 04:18 AM, said:
Simply not true. After playing a while there are some situations where you know you are seconds away from death with no little to no hope of escape. On heavier mechs, just dying compared to overriding and getting that last alpha in can mean 60pts+ of extra damage, it can be the difference between your team winning and loosing.
Maybe the person that damaged you most in the last few seconds should get the kill, but you cant say it creates a disadvantage for your team. And even if it does, isn't it within your right to go down how you want?
We may have a different definition for "overheating" on purpose".
If someone fires his lasers into the ground until he dies while being miles away from the next enemy, then his only pupose is to overheat and to die. That is already a reportable offense, because it has no benefits for your team at all.
If someone hits override in a fight to get this last alpha off before he dies, then his purpose is to fire his weapons a last time and the overheating is just a side-effect. This hardly qualifies for "creating a disadvantage". It is not the use of the override button that is the offense, it is the abuse of the button for selfish reasons.
The only change that comes with the patch is the ability to report offenders in game, the reasons for an reportable offense do not change at all, unless they are modifying the ToS as well.
Edited by Baelfire, 20 October 2015 - 04:55 AM.