Sjorpha, on 03 October 2016 - 01:00 AM, said:
Well there are somewhat contradictory rules when you are a last survivor against several enemies, especially if you have no weapons left.
On the one hand you're not allowed to hide, on the other you're not allowed to do anything suicidal, such as engaging without any chances of winning. What to do?
The problem is in fact, that many people understand term "suicide" wrong. Suicide - is when you don't want to play match on this map and want to boycott it, i.e. do something to quit it as fast, as possible - DC, die due to overheating or simply perform suicidal attack on enemy team. This is suicide.
Losing fight against superior enemy forces -
ISN'T SUICIDE!!! It's simply loss. The fact, that you're weaker, than enemies - doesn't give you a right to treat engaging with them as "suicide". When 10 'Mechs attack 12, is it suicide? No! When 4 'Mechs attack 6, is it suicide? No! Then why do you think, that when you're last Light 'Mech left, then attacking 3 enemy 'Mechs - is suicide? It's not! Your team lost this match - not only you. They should blame themselves only for this loss. One 'Mech just can't be required to try to win match against half of enemy team. You have to engage and try to do your best. If you'll die - then that's it. It's all, you can do.
Conclusion. Don't try to invent special rules for yourself. The fact, that you play Light 'Mech and that you're weaker, than rest of enemy team - doesn't mean anything. It doesn't make you any special and allow you to apply some special rules to yourself. When Assault or Heavy 'Mech is last man standing - he tries to engage and do his best. If he dies - nothing special. Nobody would say, that he suicided. Then why do you think, that you are special and deserve some special treatment? When you're last 'Mech standing - you're requiered to engage. What happens next - is just a matter of skill, luck and God-will.
It's game! It's simply game mechanic - 'Mech with overall lesser HP/firepower left is doomed to be more likely to die. There is nothing, players can do about it. They can't be blamed for losing in such situation. When you play Poker and you don't have a good hand and your opponent does - you're doomed to lose. If you refuse to admit your loss - then it's against spirit of sportsmanship. And when player does something against spirit of sportsmaship, such as starting fistfight - usually he is disqualified from playing this game. Same should happen with survival squirrels, who decide, that they're entitled to refuse to admit their loss, when match is obviously lost.
Edited by MrMadguy, 03 October 2016 - 02:05 AM.