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[Christophe Ivanov]

[color="#000000"]Hey Folks,[/color]
[color="#000000"]Yesterday, I killed a team mate unintentionally. I was equipped with 2 LRM 20's and a pair of med ER's.[/color]
[color="#000000"]In the quick play, I noticed a team mate fighting a larger mech on his own and targeted the enemy mech with R and proceeded to fire my LRM's. At first, my team mate was hidden behind the enemy mech from my view point and continued to fire my LRM's.[/color]
[color="#000000"] As the fight went on, they both turned 90 degrees and I had a broadside view which showed me they had some respectable space between them, so continued to fire my LRM's. Next thing I see they turned once again where I could not see my team mate and while this was going on, I was still firing my LRM's. Next thing I see, the enemy dies and a split second later, my team mate as well. My team mate was credited killing the enemy mech, but I was identified as killing my team mate! WTH??[/color]
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[color="#000000"]From the beginning of this fight, I made sure I had the enemy mech targeted while I was firing the LRMs. I never heard or seen anything like this before and well, like you all, hated it when I ended up killing my team mate unintentionally. I tried to contact the team mate, but he went off at the same time I was killed.[/color]
[color="#000000"]I waited out the battle and tried to screen print the battle results, but all got was a blank screen when I opened it up in my Photo editor.[/color]
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[color="#000000"]My question is, how often does this happen? Is there a way to contest this and if so, is it worth doing so? Or should I just say, “Crap Happens”; and let it go?[/color]
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[color="#000000"]Opinions?[/color]
[color="#000000"]Thanks all![/color]

[RestosIII]

Anyways, crap happens, the LRMs probably passed through the corpse of the enemy and smacked your ally. As long as you aren't TK'ing on purpose, it's not a big deal.

[WolvesX]

No biggy mate, happens to me every other game.

[Monkey Lover]

I been killed by friendly lrms a few time before. It only happen when i was red core and about to die. Its not the big of a deal and not much you can do about it.

[Mudhutwarrior]

If you haven't unintentionally killed a teammate your not fighting aggressively.

[TWIAFU]

Apologize for the accidental TK, and move to the next drop.

Accidents happen.

Just remember;

If your not willing to shell your own position, your not willing to win.

[Averen]

TWIAFU, on 08 February 2017 - 12:09 PM, said:

Apologize for the accidental TK, and move to the next drop.

Accidents happen.

Just remember;

If your not willing to shell your own position, your not willing to win.

The only true offence here is him playing an LRM boat :^)

Edited by Averen, 08 February 2017 - 12:12 PM.

[Mudhutwarrior]

Averen, on 08 February 2017 - 12:11 PM, said:

The only true offence here is him playing an LRM boat :^)

In your mind. In normal minds its well within the scope of the game. So go be tryhard somewhere else.

[Averen]

Mudhutwarrior, on 08 February 2017 - 12:13 PM, said:

In your mind. In normal minds its well within the scope of the game. So go be tryhard somewhere else.

Speaking about tryharding, you missed the smiley?

also, lrm still suck

Edited by Averen, 08 February 2017 - 12:20 PM.

[Mudhutwarrior]

Averen, on 08 February 2017 - 12:19 PM, said:

Speaking about tryharding, you missed the smiley?

also, lrm still suck

Sorry

[TercieI]

It happens. Don't make it a habit.

(And stop LRMing...)

[Gas Guzzler]

As others have mentioned, the problem is not that you accidentally team killed, its that you brought an LRM boat.

[Lostdragon]

Don't listen to the haters, you keep lurming away, especially when you have LoS. Next time it happens just remind your team that incoming ordinance has the right of way.

Edited by Lostdragon, 08 February 2017 - 01:48 PM.

[Ultimax]

It happens, don't worry about it.

[TWIAFU]

Averen, on 08 February 2017 - 12:19 PM, said:

Speaking about tryharding, you missed the smiley?

also, lrm still suck

Add him to ignore, the forums are better off for it.

[Jables McBarty]

Utterly forgivable, and as Monkey Lover said, he was probably pretty red anyway.

Just last night I TK'd a fresh team-mate. Now that's hard to forgive.

I was in a HBK-IIC-B (4xASRM6 + 2MPL) and he was in a SHD-2D2. We were flanking wide on Polar, I was on his 4 as we stalked a Marauder IIC. We got a firing angle, and I poptarted (I run 4JJ in my HBK-IICs) to alpha over his shoulders.

The shot would've been perfect--if we'd have been on flat land. But he either went up a hill or poptarted himself, and my alpha went straight into his ST, killing him instantly.

Worst part is we stomped the team. Dude was our only casualty.

[William Pryde]

I have done that once or twice. Most memorable was when I was in a Dire Wolf and alpha'ed a damaged enemy Warhammer. Turns out it was much closer to dying than I had thought and there was a friendly damaged Locust standing directly on the other side. We both chuckled about it and moved on to the next match.

[darqsyde]

Coulda been worse, could have pulled the trigger on a 60 point alpha just as a friendly locust steps in front of you.

[Kalimaster]

There is no such thing as friendly "Friendly" fire. Sh@# Happens. I think that everyone here has done it at least once. Someone pops in-front of you as you press the trigger and they catch a full laser strike. Boom. Oops!. My bad.....

I accept your apology, as this happens. To bad the penalty timer does not.....it hates everyone with equal satisfaction.

[Big MO]

Yeah, there should be a way for PGI to fix that one. I have TK'ed a couple times where my lasers killed an enemy then passed through the now dead mech and killed a teammate on the back side. I understand the logic of letting you move through dead mechs, but they should be able to set a timer to where the enemy mech is solid for at least the full duration of the longest beam weapon after death.