Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
Personal attacks aside, he's not wrong. There's no more reason to think that giving the players the ability to inflict penalties on other players would be abused any more than the kick function would be. Which is to say that yes, it would be abused, but not to an extent where it outweighs the benefits. Back when kick was first added, there was a ton of moaning and groaning about how trolls would now rule the game. It never happened. Neither would it happen if a player-inflicted penalty were added.
What are the benefits though? And how does that fix the problem we were discussing here which is people leaving instantly?

I dont think we should give players the ability to punish each other - a kick is not a punishement, its removing someone from your party who makes the dungeon unpleasent (for whatever reason). Its a tool to ensure you have a good experience - not to sour that experience for someone else.
Reports are not a punishment either - they are reporting an issue to an authority thats able to look into the issue and decide wether a punishment is in order and what that punishment should be.

Seriously, the only reason people are asking for the ability to inflict punishments themself is revenge - they got screwed over, so they want to screw that person in return now. And thats nothing we need in this game - you have kicked and blacklisted the person that was making your day unpleasent and your experience less enjoyable, so they're not a bother of yours anymore.