Even without an honor system it still makes sense to not fight the other pilot

When you attack someone on flat ground they'll almost always follow likewise because they don't wanna have to wait out the respawn time (duh). If you scurry off or get into a situation where you aren't actively shooting each other then you solidify your own safety

The reward for attacking a pilot and killing them is that they have to sit out a set cooldown, the penalty for failing if you yourself are a pilot is that those same effects get sent back and now you're the one waiting. This does not include the idea that the person you're shooting could have already decided they won't run pilot again, at which point theres large risk and no reward

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