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[MadRover]

whats up with attacking people that are returning after being discod? its pretty much griefing players because they had an issue and were kind enough to come back after disco.

[Mystere]

Who's doing the killing?

[Kaeb Odellas]

MadRover, on 22 July 2017 - 01:48 PM, said:

whats up with attacking people that are returning after being discod? its pretty much griefing players because they had an issue and were kind enough to come back after disco.

People do it because it's an easy kill and secures a numerical advantage. It's not a nice thing to do, but it's smart.

[Escef]

I haven't seen this in a long time. Still not seeing it. The team kill penalty rather prevents it. Before the TK penalty and the reconnect option, this was a thing people did out of frustration. Maybe what you're seeing is players that have been out of the loop for a long time? I dunno, because I haven't seen it lately.

Note that some players in lights like to grab opportunity kills on DC'd players. It's an easy kill, and it also nullifies a potential threat in case the poor sod reconnects.

[MadRover]

Escef, on 22 July 2017 - 01:54 PM, said:

I haven't seen this in a long time. Still not seeing it. The team kill penalty rather prevents it. Before the TK penalty and the reconnect option, this was a thing people did out of frustration. Maybe what you're seeing is players that have been out of the loop for a long time? I dunno, because I haven't seen it lately.

Note that some players in lights like to grab opportunity kills on DC'd players. It's an easy kill, and it also nullifies a potential threat in case the poor sod reconnects.

I still think its very cheap if the person was kind enough to return afterwards. at least let the person play the game

[Escef]

MadRover, on 22 July 2017 - 01:56 PM, said:

I still think its very cheap if the person was kind enough to return afterwards. at least let the person play the game

It's a smart move. And how do we know the guy planned on returning? I mean, do you stop shooting at people that shut down? They have as much ability to defend themselves as a DC'd player does. Shouldn't you wait for their mech to restart? (Seriously, if that was something people did I'd stop using override.)

[LordNothing]

i remember one time i came back right as a squirrel was lining up for my cockpit. i fired an alpha and blew out his st and his xl engine, lol.

its cheap. people who do it are terrible players who couldnt get kills against live mechs.

[Revis Volek]

LordNothing, on 22 July 2017 - 02:08 PM, said:

i remember one time i came back right as a squirrel was lining up for my cockpit. i fired an alpha and blew out his st and his xl engine, lol.

its cheap. people who do it are terrible players who couldnt get kills against live mechs.

lol


call it cheap if you want but IMO its smart. Take that mech off the field before he gets a chance to do dmg, its no different then getting behind a mech or calling out a shutdown mech.


You dont get cbills for being fair and holding hands you get them doing dmg and killing stuff.

[Wiley Coyote]

I will typically have one disconnect every session of MWO I play (and only MWO) when my system goes crazy, loses video and locks up. Typically it's in the middle of some heavy action. I'm thinking it's my gpu but when I was running Windows 7 and a standard hard drive, I never had a chance to reconnect before the match was over (a full system restart was needed). I recently switched to Windows 10 and an SSD so I can now at least a chance of getting back to the match before it's over. The few times the lock up has happened since the switch, I still haven't managed to get back into a match while still being alive. It sucks that I didn't get back in to help my team more but if the enemy didn't take advantage of my disconnect that would be their mistake to push that advantage.

[LordNothing]

Revis Volek, on 22 July 2017 - 02:12 PM, said:

lol


call it cheap if you want but IMO its smart. Take that mech off the field before he gets a chance to do dmg, its no different then getting behind a mech or calling out a shutdown mech.


You dont get cbills for being fair and holding hands you get them doing dmg and killing stuff.

it may be smart, but its kind of dishonorable. im all for wolfpacking and exploiting the mistakes of others, but im not gonna go out of my way to farm a disco, that is outside of their direct control most of the time. also its bad team work, while you are out farming the rest of your team is fighting a man down.

[Mystere]

LordNothing, on 22 July 2017 - 02:08 PM, said:

i remember one time i came back right as a squirrel was lining up for my cockpit. i fired an alpha and blew out his st and his xl engine, lol.

its cheap. people who do it are terrible players who couldnt get kills against live mechs.

Ahem! Sometimes doing the cheap thing is the smart thing to do.

LordNothing, on 22 July 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

it may be smart, but its kind of dishonorable. im all for wolfpacking and exploiting the mistakes of others, but im not gonna go out of my way to farm a disco, that is outside of their direct control most of the time. also its bad team work, while you are out farming the rest of your team is fighting a man down.

You seem to be forgetting that both teams are a man down.

Besides, is this on the same level of "dishonorable" as legging?

Edited by Mystere, 22 July 2017 - 02:29 PM.

[Revis Volek]

LordNothing, on 22 July 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

it may be smart, but its kind of dishonorable. im all for wolfpacking and exploiting the mistakes of others, but im not gonna go out of my way to farm a disco, that is outside of their direct control most of the time. also its bad team work, while you are out farming the rest of your team is fighting a man down.

I dont get how you math...

If they have one down, and you have one mech on that one then isnt that 1 mech from both teams out of the imaginary fight?

12-1=11 2x for a total of 22 mechs and once your fast mover take out the dead weight he is free to come back for a nice 12v11.



Again, no cbills gained by some made up code of internet gaming ethics. Maybe lets not think so much into it because it just a game and i certainly dont do it thinking im trolling. Its the smart thing to do, honor doesn't win anything in this game or on the internet in general. Why you think HONOR is even a thing is beyond me. Its a game dude, relax this isnt the real military just laugh it off and drop again.

Aside form some RP bulls%#t or some braggin rights among buds i dont see why its even important or being brought up.


S%$t happens sometimes and ISPs are usually to blame.

Edited by Revis Volek, 22 July 2017 - 02:34 PM.

[Davegt27]

ever see laser beams come out of the sky and hit the discos?

[Escef]

LordNothing, on 22 July 2017 - 02:25 PM, said:

it may be smart, but its kind of dishonorable.

I see it as neither honorable, nor dishonorable.

[Lyoto Machida]

MadRover, on 22 July 2017 - 01:48 PM, said:

whats up with attacking people that are returning after being discod? its pretty much griefing players because they had an issue and were kind enough to come back after disco.

If you're talking the enemy team doing the killing, it's playing smart. Team killing your DC'd teammate is griefing.

[Dryderian]

I was never alive anymore in any match after a disconnect .