Sinjin Mokk
Horde Vanguard.
Pandemic Horde
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Posted - 2017.04.02 13:49:37 -
[1] - Quote
Dueling, for those such as us, is a wasted effort.
Dueling is only an appropriate and a worthwhile effort certain specific conditions. Primarily, there needs to be the very real chance either or both combatant could die. I mean real death, not just the pain and loss of a clone. Otherwise, why bother?
Both combatants must be of equal social and/or military rank. A Lord of Amarr does not duel peasants. An officer does not duel those below him of her in rank (it shows a level of disorganization in the unit and what do orders matter if you can refuse them and then just fight a duel?). Additionally, Duels of State supersede private duels, so dueling in a time of war is also inappropriate.
Let's call things what they are. Ronin, you are not looking for people to "duel" Kim. You want people to murder Kim. And since murdering those such as us is very complicated and exceptionally difficult, even old-fashioned vendetta becomes tricky.
So if you don't like a particular Capsuleer (Kim, Nauplius, Funk, me, anyone), trying to "duel" them is an exercise in ego and futility. It proves nothing. And spare me talk of "honor." That goes back to the above. With all of us from a variety of political, cultural and military backgrounds, very few of us are on a level enough playing field for "honor" to be satisfied either way.
You "duel" Kim and win? Big deal. She continues as if nothing happened. You "duel" her and lose? Same thing.
You want to hurt her? Engage in asset and mobility denial. Find a dozen or so friends, find what station she's sleeping in and kill every ship she undocks. You will lose your ships to station defense grids and/or CONCORD (another thorn in the concept of dueling). But if you fly cheap and deadly and hurt her financial ability to fight, you will have a greater effect. But it's a long road. HORDE has been doing this kind of asset denial in Perimeter for months and while it's been very effective, it's still ongoing.
This is how the Amarr Bloc deals with people like Nauplius. And how long have they been dancing that little dance with him?
You want to hurt Diana Kim, Ronin? Hurt her bank account. But make no mistake, she does not answer to your Matari concepts of honor and you are not Caldari enough to matter to her. So do let's stop talking of "dueling."
Another thought: If "honor" really mattered here, you'd use your ISK to buy enough injectors to be a better pilot and do the job yourself. So if you're not willing to go hunt her your damn self, I don't see why playing on our collective greed makes you somehow more noble or honorable than her.
If I get a chance and I'm in that part of space I'll hunt her and take your ISK, but it will not be a duel. It won't be personal or honorable. It'll be business. And that's all this is.
"Angels live, they never die,
Apart from us, behind the sky.
They're fading souls who've turned to ice,
So ashen white in paradise."
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