Bounty System Removal

[Qia_Kare]

@David_Mikael_Brenner

Considering this nearly unanimous mentality, I’m curious as to why this function still remains in the game at all. CCP has decided to remove numerous features this game once had on the basis that it either no longer serves its original function or is simply underutilized entirely, such as the Captain’s Quarters, or the eventual removal of in-game voice comms.

I believe the reason behind the removal of the above two services is because the development effort to modernize them going forward was greater than what they were worth.

CCP Falcon had this to say about the captain’s quarters:

Devblog: Preparing For The Future – Retirement Of Captain’s Quarters & Twitch Integration

Not at all, we’re outright saying in the blog that it hasn’t been maintained, and it’s holding us back with other development, so that’s part and parcel of why it’s being removed. We’re well aware that the fact it’s not being used is due to the fact that there’s been no feature development. On the flip side of the coin, there’s been no feature development on it because our players sent us a clear message that they wanted us focused on spaceships, so we invested more there. Regardless of the re…

And when voice was retired:

At present, EVE Voice is used by just 0.4% of our active pilots and it’s currently one of several more things holding us back from developing a 64-bit EVE client after the retirement of Captain’s Quarters last summer.
Source:
https://www.eveonline.com/article/p4g5k3/preparing-for-the-future-retirement-of-eve-voice

Removal of the bounty system would take development time and provide little benefit. People who ignore it would continue to do so. People who use it will continue to do so to relatively little effect.

I’m not advocating for the removal or retention of the feature, but only trying to answer your curiosity as a courtesy.