An engagement question by 'ol DL

[Dusty Lens]

Being whom I am I see it as a sort of social responsibility to be a cheeky fellow. On more than one occasion I've found myself in a position of fleeing with the local constabulary hot on my heels. A move that I've dropped more than once is to kill the 'ol engines, flip about and CD the fellows giving me chase.

Oh but how they dislike that!

My question: If I'm fleeing from a fight and I pull that move am I performing all manner of re-engaging? Furthermore, if I've not yet been engaged and I pull that stunt, once I engage my cruise engines again am I now fleeing the fight?

I have my own two cents on the subject, but I'm curious as to the opinions o' folks smarter than I (re: most everyone).

[NonSequitor]

Personally, I think that your cd-tactic is pretty slick.

Bravo! I like that kind of thinking outside of the proverbial box.

But methinks that it could be interpreted by some as being a form of re-engagement.

[Laowai]

It could be interpreted as a reingagement if someone wanted to be a whiny pedantic git.....


i like it, its like tossing the proverbial banana peel over your shoulder as you run away, and you dont wanna do damage, just slow them down

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[Xoria]

Seems like a kosher tactic to me.

Anyone who reports you for that is one sore loser.

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[jammi]

Surely it could only be classed as a re-engagement if you took persuer's sheilds down to 50%, which I believe is impossible with any Cruise Disruptor. That's how I interpreted the rules anyway.

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[Gurra Himself]

I agree

[Muleo]

Sadly, a cruise disrupter counts as a full attack. It's stupid, but if you fire a cruise disrupter, engage cruise, then cruise disrupt him again, it's reengagement, but it's more of a technicality than a real rule..

*For purposes of these Rules, an attack is draining shields to 50% or lower, or hull damage, or when a Cruise Disruptor is fired. Intentional ramming of any large ship is also considered an attack.

[mjolnir]

If he follows you... then you can do this... he can just let you go and you MUST leave the system... if he decides to follow you instead.. you are "being chased" and you can re-engage with everything.

5.6 If a player engages cruise engine or docks during a PvP fight, this player is considered fleeing. The fleeing player must leave and may not re-enter the system where the fight took place with any of the characters on his/her account(s) while the enemy (player or players involved in the fight) remains in the system, but no more than 4 hours.

However, the fleeing player can re-engage at will if chased.

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Igiss says: Martin, you give them a finger, they bite off your arm.

[Dusty Lens]

Well that settles that!

Oh well, I'll be cautious with that move then!

[Boss]

Just be careful with that bloody EK, that you don't hit a star or some other larger heavenly object!

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Just go play the game and have fun dammit.

all in all the conclusion is that disco doesn't need antagonist factions, it doesn't need phantoms, it doesn't need nomads, it doesn't need coalition and it doesn't need many other things, no AIs, the game is hijacked by morons to confuse the game with their dickwaving generic competition games mixed up with troll-of-the-day.