Morning all. I'm back playing the game daily (daily streak 5/7, whoop whoop!) as the latest update seems finally to have cleared my glitches. So I'm back to asking smaller, day to day questions rather than railing against the generic unfairness of the universe.
I was in Armadillo last night. Visited the Post Office, then rode along the high street to the Sheriff's office, looking for a collectible. I passed a scrawny nag on the way in, so knew that there was a player around, but didn't see them. Then just as I arrived at the Sheriff's office, a player stepped out from between two buildings. He didn't have a weapon drawn, so I tipped my hat. He waved back. I then mosied over to the chest on the veranda along the row from the Sheriff's office, opened it, and then the other player jumped me from behind, got me in a headlock. I broke free (I checked - he was level 25 so guess I'm stronger), turned around and he threw a punch. So we had a scuffle, he went down, no weapons drawn, and I got the 25xp for knocking out another player. Then suddenly it flashes up that he's dead, and I get the prompt that he has pressed charges. Seems a bit rich!! But anyway, I turn and walk towards my horse, planning just to leave (and ditching the collectible idea), but then he has respawned and come steaming back towards me, on foot, shooting at me with a repeater. Bullets ricocheting around me but didn't hit me. So I drew my navy and killed him. Then mounted my horse and rode out. I got a second prompt, telling me that he had pressed charges again, and that my hostility level had risen.
Given I never start a fight, and that he tried to kill me not once but twice, how on Earth has he been able to press charges against me twice? The first time I didn't even try to kill him I just hit him back. Not my fault that he picked a fight he couldn't handle. I'd have left him unconscious and left. I couldn't press charges against him (presumably as I didn't die?). But that seems out of whack to me. What do you all think?