Yes, it does. The extent to which depriving someone of something is a penalty depends entirely on how much they care about it. Take all the Rating you like from me, I don't care, so it's not a penalty. So when a PvPer says he doesn't care about losing XP, I'd say it isn't a penalty.. That a PvPer doesn't mind losing experience doesn't make it any less of a penalty.
As HikerBean once told me, she viewed re-leveling as an opportunity to contribute more gold and XP to her guild, so she didn't mind it at all. And like any smart PvPer she parked herself in a Realm where it would be easy to do. Bountying her didn't penalize her one bit. She was a great BH but she's gone now (183 days inactive).
Nope, you are confusing personal feelings with the actual event. The punishment is missing experience. The only solution is to gain it back. Just because I can look at an aspect of the game and dull my feelings about it doesn't mean I lose any less experience and it doesn't make it any easier to gain back.

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