Realistic Bounty System

to see how pointless the whole exercise was/is.

Yep…that was a waste of time…it made it less broken though so maybe that is a sort of good thing?

OH NO!!!

NOT JUST NO F NO!!

Are you kidding?

An NPC is going to help locate a player in all of EVE?

That is the most anti-EVE thing I have read recently.

An NPC is going to help locate a player in all of EVE?

That is the most anti-EVE thing I have read recently.

There are already finder agents…what are you talking about?

I did not actually have that in mind. The current bounty system isn’t eight years old, is it? I still remember getting killed for the billion bounty i once had in … 2010? 2011? … and back then it was all paid out at once.

That is useless unless you are already close and if the system is handing out nearby bounties then it is super easy to scam and pointless to start.

Look, honestly, no offense, it sounds like you got roflstomped, if you can’t get emotional closure without revenge, do it yourself…

The finder agent system for BH’ers could be slightly expanded on…also, it wouldn’t just be handing out “local” bounties, the distance would be proportional to the tier. Can’t be scammed…

…and no, I didn’t get “roflstomped”…my system makes what you are suggesting impossible so…

No win. If it is local it if scammed.

If it is 20 jumps away the payout would have to be huge, who is going to fly 20 jumps to a system they are unfamiliar with to a situation that could be anything from:

The player is logged out
The player left
The player is camping the gate you arrive via with 10 friends
You attack the player and he warps away
You tackle the player and his ship is more powerful than yours
etc.

Non-local bounties would be a huge time suck, that hassle would need to pay a lot.

If the play is not online then the player is not online…this is a game. It happens. move onto the next target…
If the player is with friends in LS/NS then don’t attack…
Tackle counters the warp…
If he’s in a more powerful ship then…do I really need to explain this?

Well if bounty hunting isn’t for you then don’t do it…as mentioned many times, it’s a hard gig probably for quite good players…especially the higher tier bounties…

The one point I would concede is that I never mentioned if/how partnerships would work. ie; two BH’ers teaming up to go after a target…it could be done but I just never covered it…

another 20 jumps away…

Wait, bounty hunters don’t go in LS/NS??…

So 20 wasted jumps…

no I got it, 20 wasted jumps

You made my point, well done, without decent intel and a HUGE payout (at least 8 zeros) there is no point in flying 20 jumps on a wild goose chase.

And local bounties are just scammed.

another 20 jumps away…

If you cant’ handle the travel then don’t ask for high tier bounty contracts…

Wait, bounty hunters don’t go in LS/NS??…

“with friends” and in LS/NS is different than if in HS as if they aggression against you there is no repercussion in LS/NS. In HS they would think twice…and probably not help as they would lose their ship.

You made my point, well done

ya no…you just want things handed to you and can deal with 5-10 minutes of travel. Again, if it’s too hard for you, don’t be a BH’er…

local bounties are just scammed.

Yet you haven’t said how they would be a scam…also, I never said “local”…you did…

Would it be valid to claim that you have a rather romantic view of bounty hunters/hunting?

The current system is pointless…it needs to be fixed.

My view of them is unknown as I’ve never met one…

I did not say that it does not need to be fixed.

I asked if you have a rather romantic view of it, due to movies or regular shows. It’s called “priming”. The first impression of anything usually defines our view about it. You would think and feel differently depending on the first impression. Watching “Django Unchained” would influence you differently than “For a few dollars more”, a movie starring Client Eastwood.

That’s why I ask.

…and I replied that it was broken because that’s the motivation. I don’t have a view of it either way. Same for miners, industrialists or PvP’ers…All are just cogs in the machine.

EvE isn’t a games that gives 2 poops about the toon so there is no emotional investment in a toon no matter what they do. Elite or (one day) Star Citizen might do that though…

Yes but what you have suggested isn’t a fix and since it is so restrictive we would have to keep the old system as well, or create two systems.

it is so restrictive

How?

It only covers blown up ships.

How does the current system differ for the better?

I can bounty you now for spelling errors…totally pointless.

No that is the point, any interaction can result in a bounty. It’s not as honorable as you make it, it is more like a Hit than a Bounty. Bounty implies the target is guilty of something.

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Bounty implies the target is guilty of something.

So you think it’s good that you can bounty anyone for anything (current) and bad if bounties are only for criminal attacks(mine)?