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HypoConDreAct
Shits N Giggles
#1 - 2013-04-24 23:45:10 UTC
Ok, so i have been looking on the Forums really to try and find an answer to a fight that i had earlier in Jita,

This is what happened,
I engaged a person with a suspect timer, this person as expected returned fire, the next thing i know i had 3 more people shooting at me + points and webs, at this time i bailed out as i new the dps was going to be to much for my poor little Tengu, I know 2 of the 3 extras may have had kill rights on me form a little miss hap with the safety jigger, But the third pilot didn't.

Dose engaging a suspect make you a suspect as well? or is there some sneaky trick with fleet members ? my understanding was that i could shoot him with out anyone else but him been able to shoot back (and the kill right people) or am i mistaken in this? and yes i some how got limited engagement with all 4 pilots even tho i only fired at 1

perplexed i am about this
Tah'ris Khlador
Space Ghosts.
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#2 - 2013-04-25 00:06:44 UTC
It seems you lack an understanding of how kill rights work.

If you have a kill-right on your head (doesn't matter who owns it) and they activate it (or sell it to someone else to activate, or make it publicly activatable) you will go suspect during the activation, which means that anyone can shoot you at that time.

To have your kill-right activated, the players must be on grid with you.

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Evolution1979
Hull Down Inc.
#3 - 2013-04-25 07:04:40 UTC
^^ this!

The only other explanation is that secretly the third pilot did have killrights against you.
Nowadays, only shooting someone illegaly in hisec (you dont have to kill them) gives killrights!
Agent Trask
Doomheim
#4 - 2013-04-25 18:43:32 UTC
Yup.

If you have a kill right on yourself that is outstanding, and someone puts it up for sale, you can even get an orange crosshair logo for your overview icon if a players chooses to add that to their PvP overview.

A bunch of folks go looking for weekend warriors to pop using this mechanic.

Another cute trick is to deliberately gank an alt, and have that alt post a ridiculous price for your kill right, like 1 billion ISK, and hope some player buys it without thinking.

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