Okay I just got the penalty too. I accidently hit the arty key when I was dropping multiple Paras. There were only a few of us on and we were all working together. I barely had time to warn and no one had time to move. Since it was the 3 other guys playing... I got penalized. And I'm now afraid it'll get stuck.
Also I know a new guy I have been playing with, who is learning, and accidently killed some people with a dropped grenade earlier last night. It was before we started playing last night, we played for a couple hours, and then was just playing with him tonight again and he still has the same penalty in place for that initial mistake. And that was just a few minutes ago, so he's had it for hours or over a day now.
I really did slip and hit the key, so I may need to reassign the Arty Hotkeys to keep them away from others.
But the arty really could use some more pronounced and longer lead-in time.
The player kill limit may need to be set higher. 3 is easy. Also the dedicated team killers did seem to do a lot more over a period than 3 all at once. Of course it does discourage reprisal kills from mad people.
The suggested forgive option might be nice but sound like it may be potentially complex to put in.
A vote may be good instead, but I could see how that can be abused by dominant player groups online in public servers.
I just want to make sure that the penalty wears off when it's supposed too. Not being able to help in any other way than shooting is a bummer. I couldn't even drive the Patrol Boat for a guy. But thankfully I can still get shot in the face real well! Thanks guys for listening to us.
