I know I have posted this before AND I know that others have posted this SAME topic before, BUT! It deserves to be posted AGAIN! Again today I had a legion member do something that did not warrant the member being kicked from the legion, but it is hard to fix these things and have members listen if you have players that go around and just break Legion rules and rulings. I will suggest some current possible REASONABLE punishments.

1. The player cannot receive Legion Base Shipments for a week. Nice
2. The player cannot see any shared bases.
3. The player cannot colonize planets that are shared by the legion for a week.(Still allow them to see them and hit them)Let them see what they're missing, I like it - it'd punish ninjas.
4. The Player cannot alert planets or enemy ships for a week.Helps to control people who alert badge hits.
5. The Player can be barred, for a week, from receiving legion bonuses to planets.Anti-ninja again.
6. Ban the player from Legion Chat for a hour.(Especially if you think they just need to cool off)VERY good.
7. Ban them from Seeing any alerted bosses
8. Ban them from using the repair bay/shield charger/CT lab/commerce bay

We really need another way to deal with members besides kicking them and sometimes simple talking to them can get no where or they don't even respond to you.

Edit: and I don't think there should be a little gray message telling everyone that the player has been punished.

Edit Edit: Maybe that should be an option for the leader to choice, you know, to make an example?

For punishment, a chat ban doesn't do much for me, since it hasn't been a big problem yet. Maybe others have had actual problems. I like the idea of withholding daily rewards or prohibiting NPC elite drops, especially for those slackers who make a habit of hitting it once and sitting back to collect an undeserved prize.

I like the idea of the members still being able to attack. It could be a way to redeem themselves. Preventing someone from attacking would hurt the legion in my opinion, whereas just stripping them of their reward is just that.

that may be too many option for Dan to implement, I would suggest ONE that is all-or-nothing.

72 hour Probation =

locked out of base completely
can not allow new members or kick members
No access to diplomacy button (this was an issue I dealt with)
No resources from base
No access to trade artifacts
No access to legion shared NPC's
No access to legion shared planets
No alerting to legion planets/enemies/NPC's
can not be repaired by legion mates
No daily reward

I love this idea, all we have now for disciplinary actions is demotion (I've used) or jettison them into space.

that may be too many option for Dan to implement, I would suggest ONE that is all-or-nothing.

72 hour Probation =

locked out of base completely
can not allow new members or kick members
No access to diplomacy button (this was an issue I dealt with)
No resources from base
No access to trade artifacts
No access to legion shared NPC's
No access to legion shared planets
No alerting to legion planets/enemies/NPC's
can not be repaired by legion mates
No daily reward

I love this idea, all we have now for disciplinary actions is demotion (I've used) or jettison them into space.