Decisions, decisions...

[GripGuiness]

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

[Bluddwolf]

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.

[Gol Guurzak]

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

[GripGuiness]

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.

[Capitalocracy]

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].

[Giorgo]

Capitalocracy wrote:

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

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

[Capitalocracy]

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

[Fanndis Goldbraid]

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.

[GripGuiness]

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.

[Neadenil Edam]

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 ?

[Capitalocracy]

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.

[Gol Elsworth Sugarfoot]

never seen that message.

[Stephen Cheney]

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).

[Confused Goblin Alchemist]

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?)

[GripGuiness]

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

[Traianus Decius Aureus]

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.