- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Accidental team killing does happen, and yes there are those out there that dont see an accident and get sore at you for killing them. Though the 1 "punish" ruling against you would proabably only get you a 30-60 second spawn penalty. Then again if the same person decides to intentionally tk you when you respawn as revenge, you can give him/her the same "punish" ruling. This system will only be negative if you are an intentional TKer. All others will just have to do thier best to be kind, and try not to kill thier own team (lest the wrath of thier team be unleashed upon them). Being given a "punish" would work as the Devs' see fit, but in an example the first "punish" would get you a 30 second penalty, the second a 1minute penalty, third a 2 minute penalty, fourth a 3 minute penalty, and the fifth would get you kicked and banned for a periiod of time set by the server admin (1-24 hours maybe). This holds the line between intentional and accidental tking. Mind you I have accidentally Tked 3 team mates before with a warthog while trying to get the enemy flag into my base while being attacked by an enemy ghost; they spawned in front of my bumper as I was at full speed. I apologized to all of them and tried to make them understand that it was an accident. One of them was none-to-happy, but after a bit of chatting on the team chat, we made up and everything was ok. Communication between your team and yourself is critical. Why Halo PC does not have an integrated voice chat I do not know (it needs one). Still being kind through words is easy to do. Though if you find someone has just got a chip on thier shoulder, just avoid them, then TKing them would not be a problem.