@ @ RealmAnna Well, for the most part, Ignore threads which have gone down to the 2nd half of the first page... most are outdated.
The server guesses that a death has occurred, but needs a way of confirming it. Here comes the role of the DEATH packet.
Server -> Client (I'm guessing a death has occurred, confirm)
Client -> Server (Yes, I can confirm it, DUN DUN DUNNNN)
With nilly's mod:
Server -> Client (I'm guessing a death has occurred, confirm)
Client -> Server (*AutoNexuses* Nope!)