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F'elch
Wall Street Trading
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Posted - 2012.10.13 11:35:00 -
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The upcoming changes to the bounty system should be implemented as soon as possible by stealth before the official winter patch. This will stop people from cashing in beforehand. |
Jim Hazard
Scrubfleet
31
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Posted - 2012.10.13 12:10:00 -
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This will not really make any difference. If people have a bounty right now they think is worth cashing in they will do it anyway. And if the changes get implemented it does not really change the situation since people will still be able to cash in the bounty for themselves.
Instead of rushing implementing a feature, just because you want it they should make sure that the new system works properly and does not cause any bugs. |
Nanatoa
School of Applied Knowledge Caldari State
46
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Posted - 2012.10.13 12:13:00 -
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Every single pilot with a bounty under the current system has put that bounty on him-/herself for bragging rights. Why shouldn't they be able to get their hard-earned cash back? It is never too late to turn from the errors of your ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.
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Ptraci
3 R Corporation The Irukandji
655
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Posted - 2012.10.13 12:29:00 -
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F'elch wrote:The upcoming changes to the bounty system should be implemented as soon as possible by stealth before the official winter patch. This will stop people from cashing in beforehand.
From reading the dev blog it sounds like people will be able to cash in anyway. The more things change the more they stay the same. I didn't read anything that adressed the fundamental underlying problem with bounties - ie, I get an alt to collect. |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
2795
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Posted - 2012.10.13 12:37:00 -
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Ptraci wrote:F'elch wrote:The upcoming changes to the bounty system should be implemented as soon as possible by stealth before the official winter patch. This will stop people from cashing in beforehand. From reading the dev blog it sounds like people will be able to cash in anyway. The more things change the more they stay the same. I didn't read anything that adressed the fundamental underlying problem with bounties - ie, I get an alt to collect.
You can only collect about 20% of the value of the loss you caused as a bounty. Sure you an collect the entire bounty with an alt, but you'll only end up losing a lot of money. |
Jim Hazard
Scrubfleet
31
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Posted - 2012.10.13 12:45:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:Every single pilot with a bounty under the current system has put that bounty on him-/herself for bragging rights. Why shouldn't they be able to get their hard-earned cash back?
While this might be true for many people, you can not say that in general. I know many pirates who get bountys from their victims and they see it as a status symbol. Me myself, when i still lived in low sec, never placed bounties on my own head and never cashed in the bounties people placed on me. It always made me feel like i must be doing something right (from the point of view of a pirate) if people would care to place a bounty on my head and was a question of honor to let the person who actually manages to catch my pod cash in the money. They deserved to get it and i deserved to lose if for not getting my pod out quick enough (granted sometimes lag can screw you over too, but mostly you only get caught when you make a mistake).
With the new system it will be even be harder to get a decent bounty on your head and keep it and for many pirates would even be worth a lot more.
Just to clarify: When i speak about pirates i do not speak about general PvPers. I am speaking of people who follow that profession in order to make a living from it and not just to grind killmails.
A spaceship for an eve pirate is what the Black Pearl is to Jack Sparrow. |
Shederov Blood
Wrecketeers
23
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Posted - 2012.10.13 13:27:00 -
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Jim Hazard wrote:A spaceship for an eve pirate is what the Black Pearl is to Jack Sparrow. I don't think any EVE pirate has ever been quite that obsessed over their disposable pixelships.**
I've never placed a bounty on myself, and never had any intention of using my own alts to collect it, but now I probably will rather than have it erased at the expansion.
** Missioners on the other hand... I trust some of you remember the voice recording of the "my pride and joy" guy. |
Nexus Day
Native Freshfood Minmatar Republic
54
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Posted - 2012.10.13 16:16:00 -
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Oh sorry, I thought this thread was about paper towels and wondered what could be surprising about them.
Be crazy if CCP allowed you to track a player to Dust 514. Chase them in space to a planet and then kill them on the ground. Wicked. |
Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam Disturbed Acquaintance
82
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Posted - 2012.10.13 16:20:00 -
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Nanatoa wrote:Every single pilot with a bounty under the current system has put that bounty on him-/herself for bragging rights. Why shouldn't they be able to get their hard-earned cash back?
nope it was just the "cool kids", the wannabe pirate hipsters that did that
they are really easy to spot bounty: under 1m -'ve sec: no lower than -0.9
so about 90% of those with bounty. |
Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
2548
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Posted - 2012.10.13 16:24:00 -
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The crux of this thread, as I'm sure will be pointed out soon, is that when the new system goes live all existing bounties go away.
So yes, everyone with a brain will cash them in before hand.
And no, I don't see any reason to irritate people for no reason by doing it early. To carve a successful niche for yourself in EVE you need to be able to out sell, out produce, out fight,-á out run, or out wit your competitors. If you can do none of the above, your only option is to complain on the forums that somehow you are at a disadvantage using the exact same tool set-áas the rest of the player base. |
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Karl Hobb
Stellar Ore Refinery and Crematorium
752
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Posted - 2012.10.13 17:48:00 -
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Ranger 1 wrote:So yes, everyone with a brain will cash them in before hand. It's too bad that Boom Boom Longtime doesn't have an alt to collect that bounty... Nothing Found |
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