Only a brief blog today due to time constaints, but its a question i've found the answer to already.
While sat docked up in HEK i asked in local if anybody new like me, wanted a 1v1 frig fight to pass a little time and see if i could learn anything new. Somebody took me up on it, somebody only 3 weeks older than i was. Now, weather this player was really new like me or just another alt of some veteran i cant say, either way we opened a private chat to arrange location ect.
I asked him if he honored 1v1's to which he replied he did. This was my first mistake.
Before the fight i made the choice to drop the scram for an extra defence mod in my mids to try and get the edge after hearing he did honor 1v1's.
Long story short, i was ahead, AB on and orbiting at optimal, yayyy.
It was when he reached about 20% hull that he suddenly took off trailing smoke behind him and to say i was a little pissed off about it is an understatement!
I vented in local about him afterwards and he did try to defend himself to an extent, but overall the majority of local sided with me that in any arranged 1v1's, honor is king and does actually mean something.
It could have been avoided altogether if i hadnt gone for dropping the scram, lesson learned.
So, im left wondering if ( as i believe ) honor is none existent within EVE, or if i'm just being pessemistic due to this one episode with a chicken shit loser.
Time will tell, but i know next time i'll be more cautious.
As they say, once bitten twice shy.
So... You dropped your point and then are surprised a losing target warps off?
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty of e-honour amongst frigate 1vs1 pilots in EVE, but to the vast majority of us (yours truly included) that means you don't bring an alt (the famous falcon or neutral remote reps) into the fight.
It doesn't mean fighting to the death if you're losing and can get away. You don't want your target to leave then fit a scram or disruptor. You can't have it both ways extra defence (that your opponent did prolly forgo for a prop jamming module) and then still demand he doesn't capitalize on your fitting choices by saving his ship because you didn't fit a point.
tl;dr next time fit a point, or don't complain.