@target as I said I can see why devs wouldn't want that. But seeing how the treads about WASD keeps popping there might be enough people for them to bother to do that.
Basically we gave a number of reasons why our side wants it and wasting time is the only argument against. I do find it quite offending for our side.
Not sure about karma loss from just KOing a good player - there is temporary status that let good players attack you but not sure if there is any karma loss.
Waiting is always hard.