Why do scuicides make you lose points?

[Stev0esque]

I was reading a forum today and ive just started to wonder- why is it that scuiciding makes you lose points?

[AndrewCP]

Think of it as penalty (point loss) for doing something bad (suicide).

[Kreepy Kitteh =^o.O^=]

lmao damn could u imagine if u didnt lose a point when u hit suicide.. EVERY single person would just hit suicide just before being killed to avoid the other team gaining points and their team lossing points... without that simple yet vital feature the game as we know it would be totaly f***ed lol people would be using it to teleport to spawn points rather than use the veichles or run.. it would suck

[cdog12]

lmao damn could u imagine if u didnt lose a point when u hit suicide.. EVERY single person would just hit suicide just before being killed to avoid the other team gaining points and their team lossing points... without that simple yet vital feature the game as we know it would be totaly f***ed lol people would be using it to teleport to spawn points rather than use the veichles or run.. it would suck

It's not a suicide if someone damages you before you do it. So that idea wouldn't really work.

Although getting around the level in 15 seconds would certainly be a concern. Or maybe if you saw a tank or a jet coming in before they hit you you could make a break for it.

[Skaggy]

It's just to limit the people who suicide, and then spawn at a flag where the action is.

[DOGGiE52]

Did someone mention that one's team also looses a ticket from a suicide?

[Shask]

Uh, I think everyone has missed the really obvious reason. Well, I always thought this was the reason anyway.

Minus points for suicide means you can't easily pad with 2 people (same team, one guy suicides the other revives).

[DontKnockIt225]

People should suicide to get round the map. But EA cleverly worked out people would care so much about their stats that they would rather waste 2 mins of their life running to a base with action to spare that extra 1 added to their death count LOL.

Internet pride is so funny yet obviously can be used to manipulate.

[DOGGiE52]

Uh, I think everyone has missed the really obvious reason. Well, I always thought this was the reason anyway.

Minus points for suicide means you can't easily pad with 2 people (same team, one guy suicides the other revives).

EA had no idea of padding before it actually appeared.

[Shask]

EA had no idea of padding before it actually appeared.

Somehow I doubt that. As soon as you put in a stats system, the first thing you think of is the exploits that you need to prevent.

[waaah_wah]

Uh, I think everyone has missed the really obvious reason. Well, I always thought this was the reason anyway.

Minus points for suicide means you can't easily pad with 2 people (same team, one guy suicides the other revives).

Uhh... When you commit suicide you die completely and cant get revived. And -2 points wouldnt help if someone wanted to padd. They would simply create a new account and suicide away

[Shask]

Uhh... When you commit suicide you die completely and cant get revived.

Touché. Nobody has ever mentioned that before.

[Skaggy]

It depends on how they suicide.

If they run into their own grenade, they're critically wounded.
If they click on "suicide", then they are *dead*.

[UKseagull]

The suicide count is crap, I have never chosen suicide but my stats say that I have.

[imported_Zach]

The suicide count is crap, I have never chosen suicide but my stats say that I have.

Team switching counts as a suicide. When you do it manually, I mean. I don't know about a forced, auto-balance team switch, but knowing EA/DICE, it probably counts as a suicide, too. :p