I'm still new at this whole "Faction Warfare" thing, so I'm going to ask a Noob question, if no one objects. And, even if they do object, I suppose.

Anyway.

I was working for the Caldari this morning when I got killed by one of my comrades-in-arms Lina Lute. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as to why he killed me from a distance of 8 meters...maybe since I had my profile dampener on, he thought I was the enemy. It happens, I suppose.

So, I re-clone up on the MCC, drop out the belly and land next to about 5 or 6 compadres. One of whom happened to be Lina Lute who promptly killed me a second time.

I immediately sent him a message congratulating him on his marksmanship, and suggested he might try using it against the enemy in the future. His response left me a bit puzzled, however. You see, he told me he deliberately killed me twice because I was a sniper.

Now, my question is: is it now considered acceptable behavior to murder your allies because you don't like their combat load-out? That doesn't sound like a good way to win battles to me (and we did indeed lose that mission by a significant number of clones, strangely enough) but again, I'm new at this.

If anyone could clarify this matter, I'd really appreciate it.