Whenever i try to show respect to a fellow pilot, or "Honor", it usually back fires on me.
-Was in a DF with a 190A-5. shot his wing in half. was a good fight so i disengaged my ACM's, was going to escort him back to his base(Mainly because i wanted to see if he could land with half a wing.)
Pulled up next to him, wiggled my wings to give him the <S> trying to show him that i was disengaging. and what does he do? pulls hard right into me, killing us both.
-Was buff hunting, ran into a Set of Lancs doing the usual sortie 1 on town squares ordeal. took out 2 of his bombers, but my plane got pretty beat up in the process. I pm'ed him informing him that i would not shoot down his last buff, and allow him to land if he jettisoned his remaining payload and left Bish airspace. he responded with a flurry of rage-filled words at me that involved cheater/hacker and a certain racial term. so i said to hell with it and shot him down.
-Was in EW, had upped a p40E, ran into another P40E .as soon as i got within icon range of him he ran straight back to his base. i asked him over all-channel why he was running. He responded that he was out of ammo, but there was another rook upping from his field if i was looking for a fight. I was closing on him fast so he asked me if i wouldnt fire on him since he didnt have guns left to defend himself. i agreed. and flew formation with him. when We got to his base, it turned out to be another P40E that had upped. so i broke off the formation with maddog to engage the p40E. Less than 3 turns i was on the P40E's 6 getting ready to shoot him down, then in comes the other p40 on my 6 guns a blazing. I ended up pulling a hard vertical, causing him to auger, then shot the other p40E down. i asked him what that was all about, and he responded "oh well i had a few rounds left".
I tried to have the "Honor" many have spoken of in the Main Arenas, i really have. But ive had too many instances like the ones stated where having Honor has come back to bite me in the backside.
So now i usually take any shot i can get, and spare no one.