In game chivalry - how's it work?

[Chairboy]

Howdy all,

Tonight, I was deadsticking it to a V-base with my B-17s.  I saw that a con was attacking the base, so I asked on open channel if he would give me quarter so I could land, since I had no fuel.  

No response, and sure enough, as soon as I landed, he lit into my drones with his A-20.  It was some player named Ace5.

Does anyone else ever receive quarter in these situations?  Alternately, how do you handle it when someone asks you for mercy because they are out of fuel?

I just want to check perceptions to see what's normal for AH.  I know it's just a game, but it'd be good to know the rules of etiquette.

[Dead Man Flying]

If it flies, it dies.  If it's taking off, it dies.  If it's landing, it dies.

Basically, give no quarter in AH and expect none in return.  Maybe you'll be surprised by random acts of kindness, but it's doubtful.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[Pooh21]

If they give a good fight, I let em go in a situation like that, especially if they are in a 109, P-47 or something like that. On the other hand buff drones lining up for landings are great targets, I kill the 2 drones and let the player controlled buff land his sortie.

Planes that are on my no mercy list are of course are Nikis, spits, la7s, P-51s and yaks. The first 3 need to die no matter what, Ponies always turn tail, so they need to die everytime you have an opportunity , and yaks are squirrely little bastards so they also need to die.

[troxel]

Yep, very doubtful.  As a matter of fact, you have a much better chance of being shot at in a parachute in AH than you do while still in your plane.

[Turbot]

I was in Ta152 and took most of important pieces off of a AR234 attempting to rope me (yeah, he really was).   Leveling out plane I look back, and waht do I see?   A LA7 pilot doing his best to land hits on the tumbling carsass.  

Well he was a LA7, perhaps that is normal behavior

[Thrawn]

I've only had someone ask for quarter once, and I gave it to them.  Apparently they were low on full and RTBing.  I don't see what the big deal is either way though.  The only consistant thing I do, in regards to these sorts of thing, is flip someone a after a good fight.

[Urchin]

I've done it before, but not to often.  Sometimes after a really good fight I'll let someone ditch instead of blowing them away, but just as often I'll come around and finish them off.

If I know who I'm fighting and I like them, I'm more likely to let em go after I've maimed their plane.  Course, I don't expect anyone to let me ditch or land, so I don't get upset if they don't.

[funkedup]

how do you handle it when someone asks you for mercy because they are out of fuel?

Laugh and kill them.

[Innominate]

It doesnt?


I remember a while ago, flying the p38, I had lost an engine, an elevator, a vertstab/rudder, and a wingtip(opposite from the dead engine)  I had someone closing on my six, who got close, saw my damage, and turned away letting me rtb.

Thanks whoever that was, Don't expect the same from me.

[moot]

Unless there's a certain understanding between the two pilots, it's unlikely quarter-giving is of any interest or benefit to either one.

I recently ran into a box which turned out to be piloted by an ex-squadmate whom I'd quite like to return to ours; I shot off the two drones and ch1-waved him bon voyage home.

Another time, from a frozen 152 canopy I spy an intriguing dot just in draw-range (non-dot), speeding back past frontlines what looked like towards a nearby empty backfield. It was pretty obvious what it was, and the guy chasing it coalt in his prop-plane disenchantedly asks if I'd caught it; to which I answered I didn't know and wasn't going to bother; when to me it is just sth like +2pks and negative 100-fold that to the other guy.

It's a mental state just about everyone playing the game can relate to, and cause for other so-called controversial situations like HO, kill-stealing, diving through a red cloud 15K under to nail one (e.g. perk)plane and be kilt moments after, or better yet kamikazies and even better still kamikazies disregarding effectiveness of their attack.

This is like the goon lands on a dead VBase, and sees it up as he opens doors. Or as the goon who lands at a VBase guaranteed for capture; it is smoking as he lands next to map room, except for the Ostwind sitting 250y from he map room, and still lets the troops out.

[Masherbrum]

In game Chivalry - Kill Stealing

K2

[thrila]

chivalry what's that?


If you can still fly i'm gonna shoot you down.

[Swoop]

I wished I'd filmed this......



It was the islands terrain set, a big red dot was flying south from our HQ and I'd just logged on.   Ok, I thought, a nice RTBing buff with MILES to go to get out of knight airspace....I can have some fun here and stalk him.

1 G10 and 20,000 ft later I finally get eyes on his dot.....and the dweeb is at 30k minimum.  Well, lotta airspace left yet so lets climb.....

30k and he's still above me.

35k and he's *still* above me.

38k and I'm kinda level with him, parallel course, a little way ahead of him now, still climbing to get in a position to attack and just within icon range.



And he starts firing his guns.  At 6k.  uh-huh.  

Then a message appears on ch 1:
"PLEASE dont kill me 109, I'm on my way home"


Mwahahahahaha.


Then the engine died.  Bollocks, outta fuel.  Musta screwed the fuel load or something.  




Ch 1:

"Swoop:  I'll leave you alone if you admit you're a big girly wussy dweeb for climbing to 38k."

"xxxxx:  Yes, I admit it!"

"Swoop:  Say it, tell everyone you're a dweeb and that ya wont do it again."

"xxxxx:  yes, I'm a dweeb, I'm sorry, I wont do it again, ever!"


And there's people on ch 2 saying "Go on Swoop", "Kill him", etc.

Heh.

So anyway, I let him RTB (like I had a choice) and managed to glide home myself with a marvelous feeling of satisfaction.

[straffo]

it depend

Sometime if I have a good fight I just send a and rtb
Sometime I just want to kill him right now !  

[Masherbrum]

LMAO @ Swoop.  You let him off that easy!?

Karaya2