thatguy wrote:I've pondered this dilemma for years...when is it time to fight back?
The time to fight back is before the BG expects you to be able to, or the next millisecond when you can.
What I mean by that is that your situational awareness should be alerting you to potential problems before you have to go into RED, and if that doesn't happen, you jump there just as soon as possible and keep fighting until the threat has been eliminated, or you can no longer fight.
Of course, the "as soon as possible" varies, but I'm firmly convinced that fortune favors action over inaction.