I had a little contretemps (my fault entirely) with an Elite CMDR in an FDL over the weekend in a haz-res site. He easily evaded me and after a fly-past in silent running (my all-gimballed weapons could not get a lock) he quite rightly returned fire. At this point I decided to run - I know my all-rounder Conda, with me at the helm (Master), is no match for a decent commander in an FDL - so I boosted away as quick as a could and as soon as mass-locked dropped I super-cruised away. At this point 1 had 1 faint ring of shields left.
He must have followed because he interdicted me a couple of minutes later. I submitted immediately and as soon as I could started to boost away. Before I could jump into super-cruise he had my shields down and my hull is slowly crumbling. I went to high-wake out and, horror of horror, my FSD is unavailable, offline. He had shot it out. So now all I can do is boost and wait to die. So I kept boosting, he kept firing, but amazingly I'm gaining ground. Slowly the hits get much less damaging and I keep boosting....and boosting.... At 13% hull my shields come back online (thats a long time in a Conda). I keep boosting. The firing stops. I boost a couple more times, try my FSD - its still off-line, still no firing so I hit "Save and exit to Desktop". The 15-second count-down takes forever and towards the end I can hear the firing start again. Any second I'm expecting to hear the Conda explode.....and suddenly I can save... Phew - close call.....
A couple of hours later (I'm waiting for a mate outside the system docking station) he gently barges into me and opens a comms channel and asks me why I combat logged. I explained I didn't combat log - I saved - and the last time I heard Frontier regarded saving as a legitimate tactic. He said not - that I should not save - I should have stayed in the game and "learned" - and salute the victor.....
I did ask what I could learn but he didn't answer - he kept insisting I should not save.
So - did I do wrong ? Is saving under these circumstances a legitimate tactic ? He asked me not to do it again. My response was as long as Frontier regarded it as a legitimate tactic I would continue to do it.
Opinions ? I'd love to hear the "official" Frontier line on this.
He must have followed because he interdicted me a couple of minutes later. I submitted immediately and as soon as I could started to boost away. Before I could jump into super-cruise he had my shields down and my hull is slowly crumbling. I went to high-wake out and, horror of horror, my FSD is unavailable, offline. He had shot it out. So now all I can do is boost and wait to die. So I kept boosting, he kept firing, but amazingly I'm gaining ground. Slowly the hits get much less damaging and I keep boosting....and boosting.... At 13% hull my shields come back online (thats a long time in a Conda). I keep boosting. The firing stops. I boost a couple more times, try my FSD - its still off-line, still no firing so I hit "Save and exit to Desktop". The 15-second count-down takes forever and towards the end I can hear the firing start again. Any second I'm expecting to hear the Conda explode.....and suddenly I can save... Phew - close call.....
A couple of hours later (I'm waiting for a mate outside the system docking station) he gently barges into me and opens a comms channel and asks me why I combat logged. I explained I didn't combat log - I saved - and the last time I heard Frontier regarded saving as a legitimate tactic. He said not - that I should not save - I should have stayed in the game and "learned" - and salute the victor.....
I did ask what I could learn but he didn't answer - he kept insisting I should not save.
So - did I do wrong ? Is saving under these circumstances a legitimate tactic ? He asked me not to do it again. My response was as long as Frontier regarded it as a legitimate tactic I would continue to do it.
Opinions ? I'd love to hear the "official" Frontier line on this.