Punished for a TK while the Commander

[Guidon666]

Was on a Clan server this afternoon (Name is unimportant as it was a pretty good server and dont want to say anything bad about them).

While taking the role of commander I launched an arty strike on an area void of friendly forces. Well much like the Sirens luring of ship captains to the rocks... the guns called a friendly vehicle (with 3 people total in it). The arty strike kills about 5 enemy and inevitably the 3 friendlies (all members of the clan whose server I was on). As I sent a quick apology for the TK.... I saw the "You were punished for a teamkill" message. While not something that I havent seen in the past, I thought the cdr was immune from arty TKs with the new patch.


Can individual servers set the rules differently? Can an admin of the server choose to punish despite the 1.03 change in this?

In th elong run we won the round and a few more after it and I enjoyed playing on the server (several more times as a commander). Just was odd to see the punish statement for something that was changed in the new patch.

[vbl]

Re: Punished for a TK while the Commander

Could the artillery have destroyed a vehicle, which in turn killed the teammates? Are those kinds of kills exempt from the no-punish rule?

[Felix]

Re: Punished for a TK while the Commander

Could the artillery have destroyed a vehicle, which in turn killed the teammates? Are those kinds of kills exempt from the no-punish rule?

Thats exactly what happened.
An arty shell hit beside the vehicle crippling it.. they didnt get out in time and the TK registered as you being the one who hit it last. The only way to avoid TK punishments is to actually hit the footsoldiers or get a direct hit on their vehicle.

[Strega]

Re: Punished for a TK while the Commander

I'd like to be able to Punish people for walking into my arty.

[imported_bigpappa]

Re: Punished for a TK while the Commander

thats fake and altered, but funny anyways.

[WarGimp]

Re: Punished for a TK while the Commander

Could the artillery have destroyed a vehicle, which in turn killed the teammates? Are those kinds of kills exempt from the no-punish rule?

Got it in one!
Nice going.

A direct hit from arty is non-punishable even while in a vehicle. But if your guy manages to survive the barrage and desides that a burning jeep looks like a fine thing to take cover under, when it goes boom you will invaritable get punished.

You also get hit with the -4 for the TK, BTW.