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Do I respawn? Or shall I just lay on the ground hoping that a teammate throws me a heal or three?

Notice that I have a choice to make above the chat box. Only MOSTLY dead...

And from a teammate's perspective...

Attempting to heal the dead

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GripGuiness wrote:

Do I respawn? Or shall I just lay on the ground hoping that a teammate throws me a heal or three?

Notice that I have a choice to make above the chat box. Only MOSTLY dead...

And from a teammate's perspective...

Attempting to heal the dead

It became a tactic, during Tower Defense, not to finish off the attacker because it would keep them out of the fight longer.

Waiting for a teammate to heal is only good for PVE and when grouped up.

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I've confirmed that red players cannot heal white ones and vice versa. I'm not sure if reds can heal reds.


No PvP involved here.

This is the only time I've seen a choice whether to respawn or not. Anyone else ever seen this?

I was only joking about waiting to heal. I was 100% completely dead, not bleeding out. I layed there for a couple minutes and even pushed 'decline' a couple times before selecting 'accept'. That's what made this strange.

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Good thing "decline" didn't work. Might've led to [http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/nes_quotes_you_should_know/you_and_your_friends_are_dead.png]permadeath[/url].

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Capitalocracy wrote:
Good thing "decline" didn't work. Might've led to permadeath.

You missed the "[url=" format, I fixed it for you. :)

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Oh, thanks. Looks like I accidentally deleted part of it when pasting.

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Sometimes the heal just doesn't have the gusto to rez a viable victim, I have found (totally dead is not eligible). Not sure what that is from...a real bummer to not be able to heal a party member when they have plenty of time, but sometimes the heal just doesn't hit the mark.


I don't think you guys and gals are understanding why I posted this.

Look at the screenshots

I AM 100% TOTALLY DEAD AND BEING OFFERED A CHOICE WHETHER TO RESPAWN OR NOT. Is this the actual mechanic that everyone always sees? It is the first time I've ever seen it. Usually if I die I immediately respawn without the choice giving to me this time.

The 'wait for a heal' remark was just poking fun at my teammates.

Goblin Squad Member

GripGuiness wrote:

I don't think you guys and gals are understanding why I posted this.

Look at the screenshots

I AM 100% TOTALLY DEAD AND BEING OFFERED A CHOICE WHETHER TO RESPAWN OR NOT. Is this the actual mechanic that everyone always sees? It is the first time I've ever seen it. Usually if I die I immediately respawn without the choice giving to me this time.

The 'wait for a heal' remark was just poking fun at my teammates.

Never had that myself.

Is it perhaps a response to desynch issues ?

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And oddly enough, I couldn't target him after he fell, but I COULD target his husk. And my heals moved his health bar back to full bleeding, but wouldn't revive him.


never seen that message.

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I'm pretty sure that message only shows up as a fallback when the automatic respawn has glitched (situations where you'd previously have to log out to stop being dead). It's a bit of a prelude to the full death tech that lets you choose when to release and where to respawn every time (coming soonish but no firm ETA yet).

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Stephen Cheney wrote:
...a prelude to the full death tech...

"Full death tech" - is that a new style of music?

(or a kill-switch for the server to enable serverwide permadeath?)


Stephen Cheney wrote:
I'm pretty sure that message only shows up as a fallback when the automatic respawn has glitched (situations where you'd previously have to log out to stop being dead). It's a bit of a prelude to the full death tech that lets you choose when to release and where to respawn every time (coming soonish but no firm ETA yet).

ok good to know

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I've had that happen to me twice. Both times my party couldn't heal me although they should have been able to, and I had to relog in order to rez.

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