Possible fix to the Bounty system?

[Salt_Foambreaker]

@Augry

No it can’t be fixed. If it gives a meaningful payout it’ll be abused and gamed.

Until someone solves that problem the rest of the details are fluff.

[Merovee]

Instead of a bounty payout just pay to lower a player’s sec so the character is kicked out of hisec, force him('r) go through the process to regain entry into hisec.

[Merin_Ryskin]

@Merovee

Instead of a bounty payout just pay to lower a player’s sec so the character is kicked out of hisec, force him('r) go through the process to regain entry into hisec.

@Haulie_Berry

This neatly demonstrates why the bounty system has never been fixed:

As lackluster as it is, it’s still no where near as bad as the ideas people come up with to “fix” it.

Proving it quite nicely.

[Runa_Yamaguchi]

I’ll just like this here…people have tried to pick this apart but TBH, nobody has yet.

The biggest problem with this system is it requires a fair bit of work on CCP’s part and well, they are too busy with skins and NPC stuff ATM so…

Realistic Bounty System

The goal of this new system is to replace the bonus and pointless incorrectly named bounty system we currently have with a more realistic, job/role oriented purpose. What won’t be covered (yet) in this initial post are (1) what to do with current bounties on players and (2) how to implement this new system. These topics might/will be covered later if warranted. For ease of discussion, there are four key actors in this topic; Concorde, the victim, the bounty hunter and target. I will only use t…