tankerdude wrote:
What bugs me is when I disable someone, and a a little bit later, they fire a containment missile at me but they know they can't take me down.
I will warn them about it and then let it go the first time. If you want to attack me, disable me. Don't just nerf me, especially, since I've already gotten my badges.
After that warning, if they persist, I'd start wailing on them. That usually doesn't happen though.
This too has come up several times and the logic of it blows my mind. How in the world can people be more offended by a singular debuffing missile than from being actually shot down? I mean seriously. You blew up their ship. You presumably got badges from the encounter. You also probably got some small amount of resources from the hack/raid. But your ego is so fragile you get miffed by a single artifact thrown back?
There are at least 3 things that could be happening.
1. It could be test fire; as in nothing more than a simple probe to see if you are online. If you respond by rebuffing quickly or some fast comm message, then they know there is no reason to attack your planet just yet.
2. It could be real fire; as in a real attack, but ultimately a failure to disable (in which case you should see the attack as a compliment to the strength of your ship).
3. It could be surrender fire; as they already know that they can't do anything to you but at least they showed a little backbone and didn't just play dead.
