this happens for me in over 20% of the cases....this has been happening since the prototype stage, it still happens now...
It means that auto-respawn is out of the question, and also, quick respawn is not possible without checking the loadout each time before clicking respawn button...

i would rather remove this reflection altogether than have RTT on it...

I cannot replicate. Changing difficulties and colors works just fine on my part. NOTE:
If you are trying to change difficulty in MP environment, then that is governed by server settings and NOT client(s)

i would also provide a mdmp file but it well exceeds the maximum file size allowed on this tracker for upload

EDIT: seems it is easily compressible. added mdmp file