Griefing without grief points.

[NapalmEnima]

Okay, I was posting on the official boards a minute ago, and I had a little nightmare.

TK's will want to be in your squad.

Once in, they can wait until the worst possible moment, then betray you in the worst possible way. Destroying key squad vehicles, most likely.

So they run amok, TK a vehicle or two, a person or two. The command acts fast (he was in the middle of a fire-fight and couldn't react instantly) and punts the TK out of the squad.

So the TK stops killing squad mates. He might take a pot-shot or two at people, but not aiming FOR them... just NEAR them. The ex-squadmate kills the TK, getting grief points.


So, who's done all the damage, and who's got the grief to show for it?


Sucks, eh?


Solution: Track squad-kicks. If someone has repeatedly been kicked out of squads, I want to know about it, so I don't let them into MINE.

That would require two different methods for squad removal: "Drop-kick your sorry butt" and "catch ya next time". So when you want to violently eject a TK, it's logged (or at least loggable) differently than when the commander wants to form a new squad.

This would require a certain amount of commander knowledge, and could itself be abused... but only once. If you've "punted" me for no reason, I'm NOT getting back in your squad again.


Thoughts?