Instead of changing the way fishsuits worked, I set up the fishmen to they respawn about every other day (A little less, in case your start times are offset a little bit). That way you can go back to get more fish suits in a couple days, but the folks that go in and get fish suits one night and kill him the next don't have to worry about killing the basepop again. However that change probably won't go out until the next Game Update.
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