Yoinks?

[tns22]

Whenever I see a teammate assassinating someone, I stop attacking and move on, because they have the kill and the enemy no longer poses a threat, but I've been noticing that whenever I start an assassination, all of my teammates in the nearby area do whatever they can to stop it, even if there are other enemies nearby.  What do you do when you see a teammate begin an animation?

[Buns]

Take the kill because I am a jerk and want kills. 

[BeckoningZebra1]

^It's true. Bnus will take your kill.^

 

It depends, if I'm a kill short of a perfection you better believe I'm gonna go for the yoink. But if I just run around a corner and see the enemy getting assassinated, I'm not gonna yoink it.

[Caboose The Ace]

I go for the kill it is more of a force of habit I go round a corner see a Red and shoot only after do I see that someone was assassinating him.

[RedStarRocket91]

Provided the assassination is being carried out by a teammate, I tend to try and avoid stealing assassinations because it feels kind of unfair to take away a moment which is genuinely awesome for someone else: the only times I'll deliberately go for a yoink medal are when I'm playing with people I actually know and who I can tease about it later (like Community Events or matchmaking with friends) or when that person has already deliberately yoinked one of my own assassinations, because I'm petty.

 

That said, I'm quite happy to steal other player's assassinations if it's a free-for-all match, or they're on an opposing team on multi-team.

[Maestro]

It's a force of habit for me to go in for the kill. It's... instinct...

[ShockGazm]

I find it annoying when you're about to finish an assassination, you die and the guy you pretty much should've killed.. lives. What I find even more annoying is when a team mate takes your kill when you know you have that assassination in the bag. It doesn't really bother me but it's just one of those things in Halo.

[Trifle10]

everyone gets an assassination when the chance arises. you want others to not mess with your kill unless your already half way through and still manage to get the kill, otherwise, you dont want them to mess with your kill so why should you mess with theirs. and what point are you proving? that your a non team player or perhaps your that jerk who wants to screw the team over. while im at it, lets all steal your kills because you keep screwing our assassinations. enough said

[Onsokumaru]

I never try not to mess with someone's assassination because they have earned it, usually I just go up to the assassination and watch it happen.

[FleshBack]

Yes, I yoink every chance I get.

 

Nobody gets assassinations on my team in front of me. If you dare to, I will take it from you and then t-bag the air to display dominance.

 

The hatemail is incredibly entertaining and makes it worth it. Probably more satisfying then actually assassinating someone.

[chaosgodloki]

I only yoink if the kill was rightfully mine, as in they only had one shot left before they were gonna die. If not, well then I don't steal.

 

I once got 4 assassinations yoinked in one game. Needless to say that really grinded my gears.

[Howling Death Wolf]

I yoink if I don't like the team mate (if they steal my kills or are just a plain out noob)

[Unease Peanut]

I don't Yoink. I didn't even understand why you could earn a medal for it in Reach. The only times I yoinked was because of an accident, someone started an assasination while I was shooting the enemy or because the assassin yoinked me before.

I absolutly hate people who stop with everything they're doing and throw their full arsenal of weapons at the player who you're assassinating.

Edited January 22, 2014 by Unease P34nut

[Azaxx]

I only yoink unless I'm doing it deliberately to annoy a friend I'm playing with, apart from that I believe that whoever started the kill should finish it, and if they can't then others assist.

Taking a kill away from someone when they're in the act of killing is a bad sports move in my opinion.

[Yoshi1176]

Like others have said I usually let people keep their assassinations. But if I am playing with a friend or someone who is being annoying I will do my best to keep them from getting that kill. 

[o Mike the TV o]

yoinking isnt a problem in any free for all scenario, but to intentionally take someones assassination in a team based game mode is a pretty messed up move, in

 

most cases an assassination is something the player has to work a little harder for and its a pretty sick feeling to get one since you have complete power over

 

the enemy that your taking on, its almost like a kill and teabag all in one, i can see if you and a teammate are taking on the same guy and he takes the

 

assassination away because he was still attacking, but if im in the middle of one and a guy just picks him off to benefit himself im going to be a little frustrated,

 

imagine jumping off the tallest point of map on an enemies head who's at ground level in an attempt to pull off an assassination and at the last moment you find 

 

yourself standing there without points on your screen because some **** just jacked your kill, all im saying is that assassinations need to be respected more, and

 

if at all possible make it so that kill cannot be taken by a teammate

 

[Fishy]

I let them get the assassination. Whenever an enemy is being assassinated, it attracts his teammates. Especially in SWAT. That's where I KNOW I can get my own kill. So in other words, I'm a team player. But the only time I'll take their kill is if they do it in front of the enemies. That way I can spare his life some time and help me finish off the enemies.

[Axilus Prime]

If I'm in the middle of another fight, I won't change targets to get a yoink. But if I am just walking around looking for enemies and happen to see an opportunity, I have no issue with yoinking.

 

Plus, my older bro and I do it to each other to no end.

[zRexx]

I feel that the possibility of being yoinked is what makes assassinating a player take more skill, because you have to make sure no one's gonna be there to steal it. Besides, if you get yoinked, it's your fault for trying to assassinate. You should've just beat down. Sure it's less satisfying but it's more tactically smart if you really think about it.

[Rue]

I guess it depends on my mood for that day... If I'm feeling particularly jerkish and having a sucky round, I'll probably end up yoinking and then feeling bad for it later. If I'm doing well in the match and see my teammate assassinating, Ill let them finish the job. Unless my teammate was being rude earlier and yoinked me, I'm the type that wants revenge.

[Sadly Just AL]

Absodidly never. I hate yoinks, and being a ninja and an overall lover of assassinations, I would definitely not want it to be done to me... Nor do I get the satisfaction of taking another's kill... Unless I EXTREMELY dislike that person.

 

...But stray frags may do something unintentionally...

[HIWBC]

I always try to avoid yoinking assassinations, reason for this is. I have empathy, it always annoys me when people yoink my assassinations so I don't do it to other people. Also I think that the only reason the yoink medal was even invented was to cause pure rage :wallbash:. I mean just the absolute mocking tone in the commentators voice is so enraging, just the way he says it just makes you want to throw your controller at the screen. He says it in much more of a high pitched voice than he usually uses and he stretches the word out a lot longer than he usually would just so you hear it clearly and you know exactly what happened. Arrrrgh it just makes me wanna punch whoever invented it, I bet he's got the biggest on whenever he does it .

[Zoob]

Unless it's a friend I take the kill.  I hate it when people do it to me though.

[Richard John Wilson]

If I get a Yoink, it mostly is by accident.

That said, I am the type that shoots anything that moves of the opposite colour to me.

If it moves, shoot it !!!

[Guts]

I only go for the yoink when I have enough time to get the kill. No point shooting a guy with a knife in his head.