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As a new player I genuinely don't understand this rule and had experience of it yesterday and got accused of being a rule breaker. I have played on every popular exile server, epoch server etc. I have 4k+ hours. Just do not understand this one bit, what purpose does it serve? So I am flying to the safe zone in a humming bird. We are on the way there I am 2.5km from the safe zone when we start taking fire. I presume its from the mission we went past, my passenger informs its a pawnee. We are now 2km at full speed from the safe zone... Legitimately 10 or 20 seconds away from the zone....

Personally i see this rule more of a hassle then what its worth. But it has gotten to the point that there are multiple rules and terms for combat, Yet unarmed helicopters still flee to safezone first chance they get. And i dont blame them. I am a shit pilot trying to take out a littlebird and if i dont kill him before he gets to safezone then i should have tried harder. Also what if i am being shot at while almost at trader? Now i have to make a 180 just to drive in to the guys shooting at me? Or am i allowed to continue my path but not enter s