attacked from behind by a commander pretending to be on same side

[doktor57]

I was zapped last night by a certain CMDR, who shall remain nameless. He and I were in the same RES and were 'peacefully' minding our own business blasting bad guys. As I rolled in on a target
he lined up behind me and let me have it. I was in a tight fix, out of MC ammo and shield cells, hull at 61%. I panicked, smashing controls at random, finally got into super-cruise, figured I had escaped.
He banged out right behind me and interdicted me. It was amazing how quickly he was on me. I'd never even considered that tactic before. He must have hit SC as soon as he got the message that I was
banging out. It was over in seconds.
The point of reliving this horrific event is that I learned a lot from the encounter. Yes it cost me a couple hundred thousand but good lessons never come cheap. I learned that one of my favorite tactics
against a NPC was useless against a CMDR. I spent the rest of the evening running the encounter over in my head and have a few ideas. So, the upshot of all this is that, perhaps, I am a better pilot now
than I was before.
And to you, CMDR Nameless, we shall meet again.

Dave
San Diego, CA
Home of the World's Busiest Radar Approach Control

 

[Montanejos]

I was zapped last night by a certain CMDR, who shall remain nameless. He and I were in the same RES and were 'peacefully' minding our own business blasting bad guys. As I rolled in on a target
he lined up behind me and let me have it. I was in a tight fix, out of MC ammo and shield cells, hull at 61%. I panicked, smashing controls at random, finally got into super-cruise, figured I had escaped.
He banged out right behind me and interdicted me. It was amazing how quickly he was on me. I'd never even considered that tactic before. He must have hit SC as soon as he got the message that I was
banging out. It was over in seconds.
The point of reliving this horrific event is that I learned a lot from the encounter. Yes it cost me a couple hundred thousand but good lessons never come cheap. I learned that one of my favorite tactics
against a NPC was useless against a CMDR. I spent the rest of the evening running the encounter over in my head and have a few ideas. So, the upshot of all this is that, perhaps, I am a better pilot now
than I was before.
And to you, CMDR Nameless, we shall meet again.

Dave
San Diego, CA
Home of the World's Busiest Radar Approach Control

Yup, compared to PvP, PvE combat is like shooting hoops compared actually playing basketball.

 

[Midnight-shadow]

I was zapped last night by a certain CMDR, who shall remain nameless. He and I were in the same RES and were 'peacefully' minding our own business blasting bad guys. As I rolled in on a target
he lined up behind me and let me have it. I was in a tight fix, out of MC ammo and shield cells, hull at 61%. I panicked, smashing controls at random, finally got into super-cruise, figured I had escaped.
He banged out right behind me and interdicted me. It was amazing how quickly he was on me. I'd never even considered that tactic before. He must have hit SC as soon as he got the message that I was
banging out. It was over in seconds.
The point of reliving this horrific event is that I learned a lot from the encounter. Yes it cost me a couple hundred thousand but good lessons never come cheap. I learned that one of my favorite tactics
against a NPC was useless against a CMDR. I spent the rest of the evening running the encounter over in my head and have a few ideas. So, the upshot of all this is that, perhaps, I am a better pilot now
than I was before.
And to you, CMDR Nameless, we shall meet again.

Dave
San Diego, CA
Home of the World's Busiest Radar Approach Control

Welcome to the world of open PvP. Players can and will stab you in the back at a moment's notice. I learned that lesson a long time ago in vanilla WoW where I was happily farming on a PvP realm and there was someone from the other faction farming near me. I ignored him, he ignored me until I was at half health fighting a monster, then he charges me in the back and kills me. What that taught me is to never use everything on the NPCs, and always have something up your sleeve for that backstabbing player. That's why I don't use shield cells against NPCs unless I absolutely have to, and keep my plasma accelerator in reserve if any commander tries anything on me. You live a lot longer when you come prepared.

 

[[VR] Mad Mike]

Welcome to the world of open PvP. Players can and will stab you in the back at a moment's notice. I learned that lesson a long time ago in vanilla WoW where I was happily farming on a PvP realm and there was someone from the other faction farming near me. I ignored him, he ignored me until I was at half health fighting a monster, then he charges me in the back and kills me. What that taught me is to never use everything on the NPCs, and always have something up your sleeve for that backstabbing player. That's why I don't use shield cells against NPCs unless I absolutely have to, and keep my plasma accelerator in reserve if any commander tries anything on me. You live a lot longer when you come prepared.

the slight difference there is in your instance the guy WAS technically on the opposinig faction. was this less than curteous? maybe but the OP here had someone on his own side attack him, which is equivalent to deliberate friendly fire in counterstrike

 

[Jack Schmit]

I have no sympathy for for anyone who trusts another online gamer at this point in the game. Every time I see a communication from another commander or see another commander ANYWHERE within 5KM of me I presume they lining me up in their sights, and out to kill me for my meager cargo and/or giggles.

 

[ICO_hr]

New players in DayZ are making this mistake all the time. Like it or hate it, this is a smart way of playing in games where open pvp exist. So, never turn your back on someone if you dont know him.