So having just lost a few acres but meh I had a thought
If he grabbed me he wouldn't have been able to self delete but if he missiles me he can

What's the logic there

Why don't we make it 24 to 48 hours after certain attacks before self deletes

Unfortunately, broken:

qzjul
Administrator
Game Development
Aug 1st 2012, 23:23:46

Hi All;

We're pleased to announce the following changes:
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Self Deletion:
- You must now wait 72 hours after attacking before you are allowed to self-delete your country.
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http://www.earthempires.com/...-self-delete-19340#510040

Since this announcement I've seen countries self delete within minutes after grabbing and after special attacks.

Ok, let me get this straight, you want to waste YOUR turns retalling a guy who's gonna self-delete? Aside from obtaining acres, what purpose would that serve?

same thing just happened to me TB, #1118 on alliance fired off 2 nukes and then self deleted

Yeh basically
I needed the land for private destock lost 3k to nukes in 10 turns could have got 2k back or broke even

And he has only self deleted to prevent this so clearly he agrees it would be a good use of turns lol

I don't quite understand what purpose it wouldn't serve personally

Oh, well, I thought you were referring to smaller guys. I mean, don't suiciders have smaller countries usually? Could be wrong though.

err so you're saying it's broken?

rats