I almost always jump to help an Ally the instant I see something is going on, and I don’t care, even if just from pragmatical reason - there could be another enemy(s) passing by, so it’s better to get first as low as possible before that happens. I don’t care who started it or whatever, if my Ally in trouble and I can do something about it - that’s a good enough reason. Plus faction conflict is a part of the game and I want to enjoy my game to the fullest.
But I stop if an Ally signals for 1v1 in any form. Sometimes I even sheep enemy to make up for health lost from my jump-in. But if Ally is losing it - I jump back to help anyway.
When I see 1v1 of the same classes, I usually let them have their fun if Ally is not dangerously low. But I can’t keep myself from trolling their opponent by spellstealing or slowing them, etc.
When I see something like 1-2 vs 3-5 more etc - I also jump in the instant I see it, if not for the win, then at least to try and root/slow/interrupt enemies to help Ally(s) to get away.
I don’t know, maybe this is some kind of weird luck, but every single time I stumble upon solo Paladin in trouble and jump in to help - they always, 100% of the time, bail leaving me with what was their trouble. It very rarely happens with any other class, so rare that I never even cared about it. But this paladin-luck is starting to get to me, and that is why now “I almost always jump to help”, hehe.
If you need “some” reason - Silvanas keeps telling that honor means nothing to a corpse, so make your enemy into a corpse no matter how, and your honor/dishonor shouldn’t matter to them. Or something simple, like “I don’t like his name” or “he walked funny / pulled a sneaky move / needed to be arrested” etc.
This ^
And being reliable in helping your Ally is always more honorable (Fun!) that being a passive spectator.
Those trash talks scripted so good! From the real Bwonsamdi… Every time I die while trying to get away with blinks - it about blink not getting you far. When I die in stunlock - it’s about getting over your head. He really knows how to cheer you up, haha