Why does Rare allow the losing team to deal damage after an hourglass match?

Why do players assume the battle is won when the losing team is still in the water??
It’s weird and should not be ignored.

@rare-jumbie I'm guessing one of two possibilities.

1] Oversight from Rare 😱🤯🥀💔
2] It would somehow be exploitable by 3rd party cheats & instead of addressing it, they left it as is.

Without knowing any more about it, I'm leaning towards #1.

@musicmee

Question: why does Rare allow the losing team to deal damage

Your answer: so they can say GGs

And that's enough SoT forum for this week for me.

@musicmee

Ah, yes, Rare coupled the chat feature with gameplay and dealing damage. Brilliant!

@musicmee funny thing is after typing in chat Gg after so many battles in a row it blocks you. It tells you censored chat message. 😂😂 work around is all caps for awhile but why block me from telling people GG. I even tell them if they sink right away once the match starts and i don't see anyone around. I say you get bad karma for not saying it. 😂😂

Way I see it, as well as means to say GG.

With my dying breath..Im gonna keep fighting to the bitter end, and hopes that winning streak you are so bent on trying to protect..Lose.

It is a battle of factions, War! and by god Im gonna make sure you sink with me! Muhahahaha!

At the very least they should not remove the streak. The streak should only be reset if you lose from an hourglass match. Good grief

Streaks stay with you for battles won and not being sunk.
How you sink and when are relevant. Like factions emissary flags, you sink by any means, and you lose that flag.

This why Third party and npc are free to attack you while sailing around with a 5 streak and you appear on the map. :P

@burnbacon said:

With my dying breath..Im gonna keep fighting to the bitter end, and hopes that winning streak you are so bent on trying to protect..Lose.

🤓 🤡

You're probably the type to sneak in a cheap shot after the ref rings the bell too.

Fight is over and you're getting merged out anyway. All these arguments about the winner "should be prepared" (for 3rd party, PvE, etc) are irrelevant. You weren't prepared & you lost the fight & thus you shouldn't be considered a factor anymore.

Devs are just too lazy to think anything thoroughly through & too slow to make changes when changes are obviously needed. This isn't the first time this topic has been brought up. I'll be surprised if it's the last.

Can't wait for custom servers to come out so I can enjoy this game the only remaining way possible until they shut the servers down for good.