Death Messages

[Jaswald]

Hey! I just came back to this game after a long break, and one thing I really think is just odd is what happens when you die. Your screen goes black for a second and then you spawn back in as a Silver. No like I dunno, you died kinda message or anything, it just confuzes me.

Another part of this that is odd to me as other players will just see (Name) has left
(Name) has joined
I think it would make more sense if it said example
(Name) died in battle as (Tank Name)
Or something like (Name) killed by (What hit them last) as (Tank Name)

Typing this I just realized how much the second one sounds like RotMG, but anyway, I just think for newer players its easier to understand that someone died rather then saying someone left and then joined back, but hey, that's just my opinion.

Thanks for reading!
~Jaswald

[Crunch]

I feel like I remember Rob addressing this sometime in the last month or so, but I don't remember on what thread. It's listed on the Trello as something to do, but it's understandably de-prioritized at the moment.

[amitp]

Yeah, this bugged me in RotMG too …

[Jufda]

I completely agree with this idea. It shouldn't take too much time to implement, and it's pretty common message that all the players see. Not a big thing, but a detail that would make the game look more professional.

[sirnull]

Reconnecting the player on death always seemed pretty lazy to me.

[tribow]

+1
oh wait no +1's here
But I like this, and it might be easier to know the names of the things we fight without rolling the mouse over to it.