We didn't permaban on railbait for friendly fire, unless the guy consistently got on every day and sniped his team mates, spamming frag grenades into the mid zone of a map wasn't ban worthy, we might kick that player 2-3 times a night. Usually once per match till they played good or left.
But that is the worst we did.
I think we need to outline some careful suspension/warnings in regards to LnS/PnP. As long as GM's can take action to stop greifing as it's happening, giving players a guidline to use, and stopping habitual harrasment, and encouraging pvp between large parties in dangerous zones it's serving it's purpose.
If things are escalating beyond pnp voilations to harrasment, than treat it as such. Don't worry bout PnP so much, use it as the GUIDELINE for SPORTSMANLIKE behavior it should be, and try to enforce it through warnings, suspensions (24-72hr). Unless it's like someone just seeing how far they can push it and this is the 20th time it's been reported by a unique individual.
That's how to be impartial and use it as a tool to help the server, vs a tool for meta-game grief. Because no one is perfect. And anything and everything can be abused and turned into a weapon at some point.
I like you Derubal, I trust you, but, you may not always be here either. Someone like me should be able to handle PnP violations as a guide/specialized PnP referee with compartmentalized access. And not worry bout stepping into big daddy banhammer territory/toes or infuriating the playerbase on a case by case basis.
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