Overloading Core

I love the concept of overloading my core, I just think it should do some aoe damage around it considering its like turning your ship into a bomb...

If I lose I will ensure nobody can win and it seems that at the heart of a battlecruiser is a huge ass bomb you can overload, so if my ship was burning and about to die I'd crash into them and set that fucker off.

Nobody really wins in war.

I said this in channel and I'll repeat the sentiment here.

Encouraging self-destruct should be something we think of very carefully.
I could see implementing some sort of AoE damage on BC death, but overloading the core to the point of self-destruct has and should continue to penalize rep. harshly. I'm not sure if you remember the days of frequent, repeatable griefers - but I'd like to not ever return there.

I'd rather not encourage griefing, and would it matter? Losing the BC after you win is still winning.

I agree with what has already been said. I feel like it would encourage griefing too much.