Since a few days ago I noticed that in Elite we are getting deaths recorded against our tally for both chute and tank deaths . In the past we have always recorded a death for being shot down in plane but now we are also recording deaths for chute and tank . Is this now the norm for the game of Elite or are we seeing this occuring because of the last update . If it is now the game structure for Elite then players need to be made aware of it . It makes no sense now to even bother to get into chute or tank if you are going to be killed instantly and record a second death on the same run . Not complaining if this is the new rule of thumb , just saying players should be made aware of this new addition .

I noticed this after I updated last night. Now it's a real struggle to keep an even kdr. Lol

I die, and I live again! I'm all shiny and chrome!

Shiz. Ok. I die, and I die again! I am all shiny and chrome!

Me too Husky lmao

Noticed the same thing today GG. Im on apple and have not had an update yet but I am getting tagged with chute and tank deaths. Jacob is aa android user I think and so it don't seem to be platform specific.
Gonna make me more selective about jumping out of planes!

Yes, I changed it and see how it goes. Because you were getting the kills, but not the deaths. So if you shot the parachute or the tank, it was ranking up kills fast but no deaths if you were killed outside the airplane.

So the options are to have them both count or to only have airplane to airplane kills/deaths count.
But then killing a tank or a parachute would not add to your stats.

Ok Now I know whats going on I can live with it . Just another thing Eagle mentioned in a game today that it would make it interesting if you decided to tank and you lost your abillity to self destroy . I thought about this and it would be a good stratagy decision as to whether you chose to tank or not . Just a thought .

The reason that self destroy is there is because you could get stuck at certain places on the terrain. It wasn't there before but then when stuck you were in real trouble having to restart the game

Also check the thread on feedback section about the kill/dead thing

zuperman wrote: The reason that self destroy is there is because you could get stuck at certain places on the terrain. It wasn't there before but then when stuck you were in real trouble having to restart the game

Yeah that's the only bad thing with removing the self destroy aspect. But if there was a way that you could only self destroy if you were stuck or tipped over would be great. Then people would have to really think "do I really want to tank, or would it be a bad thing for my team at this point".

Also it takes away from the players that are good shooting planes in a tank doing so, but if a plane gets past them, then they self destroy just so they can protect their base. If they couldn't self destroy then they have to accept they just allowed the enemy a free pass to their base. Really makes taking the tank a major decision with the overall strategy of the game.

Yeah already checked that Zup . Was happy to see something about it as we have been discussing whether it was something permanent or just a glitch . Now we know it is permanent we can deal with it to adjust our game play .

Ok, check the notice section about the 1.0.15 update and auto destroy. I've just added something new. I think that should work.

We have some great ideas here and Zups addressing a lot of issues with the next update . He best thing is that with so few players playing Elite at the moment is that we are having meaningfull input into getting the game right without the hassle of people argueing over minor points . Now to go and practise to improve my accuracy out of the chute