You worded your question in a vague manner.  If you use the TI and someone comes around a corner and busts you, you shouldn't be banned because you can't control every aspect of the game.  If you place it in the middle of the map to score an obscene amount of XP because you know you will die then I would consider it exploitation at the very least which is a reportable offense.

Obviouslty IQ/SHG overlooked this as a possibility because they probably didn't foresee many people using the TI in a non-objective game mode.

Bottom line - no one is stopping you from doing it.  You can continue to do it and I will continue to report it and we can agree to disagree.  Just seems like a gamble to risk days worth of game time only to get banned because you couldn't earn points legitly.

To me boosting is when you and ur friends do these together in a match ex. you kill him then he kill you and you gain the xp that way but if you in a random match with random people and you using your TI and people are snipping and not picking up the dog tag then it isn't boosting in my opinion.

it may be an oversight but it sure seems like a genious idea to keep the other team from getting credit for your own deaths.  Granted him going about it in that fashion by setting up right in front of a sniper is a bit over the top.  We normally leave a tag out in the open and let the enemy run back to the tag...  as soon as we have a pile of tags then we have someone run out and collect.  Never thought of using a tac in this game mode.

You can justify this all you want and there are many scenarios to discuss but in the OPs scenario it doesnt matter whether he is sniping or 10 ft away.  Chances are the guy will respawn on his TI before you can get to his tags.  This is why they put the TI in high traffic areas.  They know that they will get killed and they know they will respawn before anyone can get to their tags.

I was the same as the OP.  Took me two matches to figure it out.  Saw a guy doing this and for two matches I though I was awesome and he was a freaking moron until I finally glanced at his score. Average points on KC are what? 1500-3500?  This guy was raking in 5000+ XP a game.

You say boosting is when two friends get together and kill eachother for XP, right? It's the same thing only you are using the other team and they aren't your friends.  They have to try and kill you or you will kill them.

Answer me one simple question.  What is the tactical advantage of placing a T.I. in the middle of the map or in a high traffic area?

I agree.  If you get killed by a random guy who is on the other team.  Its not boosting. Boosting requires collusion.  You need someone to aid you in your scheme.  If you get shot in the normal course of gameplay, its not boosting.

The arguement can be made that camping for kills in objective games is boosting if thats the case.  You are taking advantage of people flocking to one area on the map to complete an objective.  You kill them because they keep coming back hence you are boosting because you are not completing the objective but you are adding to your score.

Its not the best situation but if they really want stop it.  Make the reward less bountiful or take out the tact insert.  Its a simple fix.