Update 3.4 "Overlord" Coming in Hot!

The suiciders aren't actually being punished at all.  They keep whatever silver and xp they earned prior to their pussy move.

The change is that now the opposition that's alive when the suicide (or accident) happens gets to share the silver and xp normally earned by the death of the loser SOB that suicided.

Nah you probably just read it before WG changed the wording to clear up the ambiguity.  The way the announcement was worded initially it gave everyone the impression that the silver and xp the opfor gained was taken from the dumbassed player who suicided.

Personally, I'd like to see it cost the suicider whatever silver and xp they earned in the battle just like you originally assumed.  I've occasionally backed into deep water or made some other dumbassed move that resulted in my death but I'd be willing to take my chances if it stopped assholes from driving into deep water at the beginning of the match.

Before they cleared up the misunderstanding I posted over on the shit forum that WG could mitigate the occasional accidental death by only having the suicide clause be in effect during the first 5 minutes of the match and when the suicider was one of 2 or 3 (or less) people left on a team.  My thought was that most crappy players who do this type of thing do it either right off the bat when they get a map they don't like or right at the end when they're sure their team is going to lose.

Pretty decent overall I'd say. Real glad to hear that some of the clutter on the war maps is being removed.