Laxyr
Chamsin Mining Inc.
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Posted - 2010.07.26 11:52:00 -
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Edited by: Laxyr on 26/07/2010 11:54:05
 Originally by: Destination SkillQueue
What exactly would prevent me as a bounty hunter from contacting the target of the mission and splitting the rewards? [...]
Issues with the payments should also be considered. A pod is worthless to the target and you still get full rewards and some extra juicy NPC rewards, that presumably you can't get from other sources. This seems like an open invitation for exploitation of the feature. I would also like to see the percentage of the reward be tied to in some way to the ship type you destroy. Killing a nood ship or a shuttle should not you get high rewards, since the purpose of a bounty system in EVE is to inflict pain on the target. If the system can't guarantee that pain, there really isn't much point in using it from the point of view of the victim. Killing a worthless vessel wouldn't achieve this and would allow another way to pump the rewards artificially again, so this should not be allowed.
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In answer to your first question: nothing... nothing stops anybody from contracting the outlaw and spliting the money with him. But what, in your opinion, would someone do who PROMISED you to split the money while he suffers from no consequences if he doesnt keep his word? I'm calling this the "scumbag-factor", sounds neat, doesn't it? ^^
Now, the payment and the LP store are to be balanced I agree. The ratio of payment from kill to podkill however, is a single variable easy to be changed. (The same goes for fixing rockets so I guess my argumentation suffers from CCPs lack of enthusiasm  )
On a more general view: By creating a system of any kind, be it a Computergame or the "law of taxation" you will always have loopholes and you will always have people who will search and, eventually, find them. The only thing you can do is to make explotation less worthwhile.
The proposed system if far less susceptible to exploitation than the current one which is, in my opinion, absolutely worthless.
Regards, Lax
+1 still supported =)
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