It is indeed a complete joke.

Putting a bounty on someone is worthless and is laughable. The only reason people have high bounties is because they want to try and goad people into fighting them.

So is this on the list of things CCP needs to fix that never fixed? They need to remove it or redesign it. But seems like 'removing it' is better. Leave the bounty for the rats. Unless anyone else has an idea. It is taking up a slot in stations for the 'bounty office' that does nothing but take up space.

well its kind of unfixable. I mean, you put a bounty on someone...why? Most likely because you are angry with them (nearly all my bounties have come out (FU JERK hahahaha). But most ppl who get bounties would love for pvp to come find them.

Bounties have just evolved into other means. They serve as a way to make younger players feel better about being slighted (even though its a bad idea). They help intiate fights, as people are more inclined to come after you with a cash reward. They are used as advertisement tools in the bounty office. They give you a cool wanted sign. They can serve as a metric of tear collection for epeen waving.

Idk, probably some other stuffz but i don't thing any of it (pros or cons) is worthy of dev attention. It simply doesn't really matter.

On a side note, I always giggle like a school girl when i wake up to a bounty increase.

The bounty system in SWG was effective because you had to (a) accept the bounty hunter mission in order to begin hunting someone, (b) you didn't know who your bounty was until you found him/her, (c) the Jedi you killed lost skill points if he dies to you, and (d) toward the end bounties could only be placed on people who just killed you.

EVE can revamp its bounty system by adding new tools to hunt down players in the game (region-wide probes, system probes, station agents, etc.). They should also add ways so that higher value bounties are unable to dock in certain systems, this would help narrow down the number of "invulnerable" places the target could use (perhaps force high-value bounties to low-sec). In SWG, you were only safe from bounty hunters in a building open to you but locked to everyone else.

The bounty system in SWG was effective because you had to (a) accept the bounty hunter mission in order to begin hunting someone, (b) you didn't know who your bounty was until you found him/her, (c) the Jedi you killed lost skill points if he dies to you, and (d) toward the end bounties could only be placed on people who just killed you.

EVE can revamp its bounty system by adding new tools to hunt down players in the game (region-wide probes, system probes, station agents, etc.). They should also add ways so that higher value bounties are unable to dock in certain systems, this would help narrow down the number of "invulnerable" places the target could use (perhaps force high-value bounties to low-sec). In SWG, you were only safe from bounty hunters in a building open to you but locked to everyone else.

Greetings,

I am looking to get rid of my bounty in a 50/50 business deal.

I reside in a small remote village in the Peruvian mountains and due to being poor my computer only has a 125mb Graphics Card so I am unable to run two clients.

My lack of Engrish and fellow Peruvians playing Eve means I have no friends to halp me.

I wish to branch out horizons and start region trading so I am happy to help another capsuleer get some nice intersteller kredits in their back burner under the right circumstances.

Read Bio to see terms, Convo me in game and together we can prosper.

Trust works both ways so please pretend jockeys hold your tongues - you must have legitimate intentions.

So get your spurs and 10 gallon hat on today and come saddle up n' yee haw mount the steed why dont you

This offer intrigues me. My last bounty was 350m and was collected by a war target. Please do not let someone split your bounty until I have a chance to log in again. I am willing to give you a deposit up to 1b for your peace of mind. Please do not allow someone else to offer more than me, let me have chance to match.

thanks!

You mean like "Locator Agents?"

As for the rest, no. Why would the Empire factions bar access to someone because of a personal squabble two capsuleers are having?

I didn't know about locator agents.

I'm just throwing out ideas on how to improve the bounty system. I think we can all agree its pretty lame at the moment.

I've been suggesting that bounty payments are based on the isk value of destruction caused for both ships and pods...and valued at 50% than the estimated market value.


Example:

Person A has a 100m bounty on their head.
Person A is flying a ship worth 100m total (ship + modules + cargo)

Person B blows up person A's ship.

The loot fairy decides that 20m in modules/cargo will drop in-tact. The other 80m are toast.

Person B has caused 80m in destruction.
The Bounty office pays Person B 40m of Person A's bounty (50% of the destruction caused)
Person A's bounty total is reduced to 60m.

The same concept would apply to podding, in which 50% of the isk value of the implants and cost of the clone would be paid out of the bounty.


This system would discourage players from blowing themselves up just to collect the bounty as they would lose more in ships/modules/cargo than they would gain in isk from the bounty. Yet it would still encourage other players to hunt down players with high bounties as they still get a payday, even if it is only half of the value.

Bounties could be more easily collected since you earn isk for ship destruction, rather than just podding.

While it is true that players with high bounties could prevent people from collecting it by flying cheap ships...the fact that their bounty is forcing them into cheap ships lends legitimacy to the bounty system.

I don't think there's any way to improve it without a massive level of unnecessary stuff. If you want to put a bounty on someone, make a forum post, limit your payments however you want, and get a trusted third party to hold the ISK.

Greetings,

I am looking to get rid of my bounty in a 50/50 business deal.

I reside in a small remote village in the Peruvian mountains and due to being poor my computer only has a 125mb Graphics Card so I am unable to run two clients.

My lack of Engrish and fellow Peruvians playing Eve means I have no friends to halp me.

I wish to branch out horizons and start region trading so I am happy to help another capsuleer get some nice intersteller kredits in their back burner under the right circumstances.

Read Bio to see terms, Convo me in game and together we can prosper.

Trust works both ways so please pretend jockeys hold your tongues - you must have legitimate intentions.

So get your spurs and 10 gallon hat on today and come saddle up n' yee haw mount the steed why dont you

Hey kid, in between posting complete nonsense on these forums do you actually do anything else with your life?

You still mad at that time I made you cry in Amarr local ? Guess you are lol.

I demand a story!

So get your spurs and 10 gallon hat on today and come saddle up n' yee haw mount the steed why dont you

Sure this has been brought up before, but since I've never tried to hunt someone with one - I have to ask.

Why would a bounty matter when their corp mates can pod them and re-distribute the isk between one another?

Is that not how it pretty much goes already? I mean it seems like a complete joke. You would essentially be GIVING that isk to the

person you put a bounty on!

It is indeed a complete joke.

Putting a bounty on someone is worthless and is laughable. The only reason people have high bounties is because they want to try and goad people into fighting them.

CCP simply needs to rethink the point of bounties - In my view, a bounty should be a form of aggro acquisition. In other words, it should work kinda like a personal war dec. You post a certain amount of isk which allows people who accept the bounty mission to have aggro for a specific period of time against the target. Of course in low/null this would be kinda pointless as you can always shoot someone there anyways - but in empire it would add a whole new dimension to pvp. I recognize that this sort of thing would have potential for grief play - but ccp could limit the impact by controlling the number of people who could accept the bounty and the length of time it is in effect, etc. . .

People...
Bounties are paid upon PODKILL NOT ship destruction

Stop posting bull*it if you don't know basic game mechanic please.

Sure this has been brought up before, but since I've never tried to hunt someone with one - I have to ask.

Why would a bounty matter when their corp mates can pod them and re-distribute the isk between one another?

Is that not how it pretty much goes already? I mean it seems like a complete joke. You would essentially be GIVING that isk to the

person you put a bounty on!

Another solution:

When I place a bounty, that money is "locked" until I decide to release it. And I can not get it back.

System would have to have track each bounty on a target and whoever claim it has to proof it was a legit kill before bounty is paid out. Will still have room for exploits(hard to avoid in this game). But at least the person who place the bounty will have more control over the actuall payout. Should be a really easy system to implement also.

It could be like this: ******* kill me, I get pissed. I take 200 mill and place the bounty one *******, which is now locked away in a concord bank account.

Johnny comes along and kill *******. He will now have the option to "claim bounty" from the kill in his combat log(dont want people to get spammed with claims.)

I can now accept the claim as legit, or as a scam. I dont have much to gain from holding back the cash from legit kills, so why not accept it? Add a "claim refused" log, and people will not bother to go for bounties placed by people who do not pay them.

Con: You will not get money from people who put bounties on themselves.

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So, what you're saying is that you want to permanently place a bounty on someone's head without having to refresh it when they die?

Why would you want to permanently place a bounty on somone? Nothing to gain from that, so I dont see your point.

Oh dear gawwwd!!! pleeeese... make... them... stop...