Rushin Roulette, on 15 September 2014 - 01:32 AM, said:
Seriously, I see absolutely no problem what so ever withthe OP story (Apart from the friendly mech running off leaving you alone after the kill).
1. Facehugging (or in this case leghumping) the opponent is always a bad idea, Even against regular PPCs you have a circle of 90 meters where they deal no damage to you. MOving out 50 or 75 meters means you are still safe from the PPCs, but you give your teammates a massive advantage in helping you take out a target shooting at you.
2. If you really took out so much of the enemy mech solo and the other heavy got the final kill, then you still get the lion share of the Cbills and XP from the kill with the assist. The kill only gets a small part of the XP and the more damage is dealt, the more XP is awarded (1 Med laser damage for the final kill shot will get you very little reward).
Normally, I wouldn't mind if he got the kill, but since I gambled and risked everything I had on this one, I was hoping that I could at least get the kill. In my mind, If I got the kill, I would have felt that it was worth it, but it didn't. Sure, I got more XP/C-bills, but I felt like it was all for nothing. I know that it sounds weird, but that's what I feel.
As for leaving me behind and not coming back, I found it reasonable. Why stay in there and take 2 of them on your own? You're obviously disadvantaged and it will be suicide if you stayed. If I was in that position, I would have stayed, I would have at least tried to save the injured team mate. (Yes, I've actually done something stupid things like this lots of times before). The thing I was upset about was the fact that he had the intentions of killing me to secure the kill.