(1) The ability to place bounties on anyone and anything can, and (this being EVE) will be used to hold newer players and smaller corporations for ransom, or to just plain grief them. The wardec mechanic already protects large alliances from smaller ones; this mechanic will further tilt the balance toward well-established, wealthy null alliances. As has already been pointed out, an alliance like Goonswarm can quite easily place bounties on individual players to make ganking them profitable. We've already seen Goons use the metagame to drive players out of EVE; there's no real reason to make such behavior even easier.

another idea, just like the one I suggested a few mins ago

(killrights being = personal wardec vs the pilot who "unrightfully" ganked you, lasting for 2-4 weeks, that could be sold/traded, either taking or giving isk for it, instead of something that can make him killable by everyone in high sec for 15 mins, and only working until he dies in a ship... this would work for the 2-4 weeks regardless of him dieing)

My other idea was that... aww crap I forgot what my other idea was now because I was doing the dishes... bah! but it was brilliant I tell you!

I seem to remember that right now a low sec kill generates a kill right. Is that correct? But now a low sec kill will not (except pods).

I like the idea of having killrights not only buyable but sellable "i'll pay you to take this killright" and go try to claim the bounty on him.

I like the idea of having killrights not only buyable but sellable "i'll pay you to take this killright" and go try to claim the bounty on him.

My other idea was that... aww crap I forgot what my other idea was now because I was doing the dishes... bah! but it was brilliant I tell you!

maybe your other idea was to get a dishwasher?

And you wonder why people post with alts.

You now have the power to potentially punish anyone you want for virtually any reason. The price just needs to be right. Think on that.

To be fair, they will kind of have to co-operate and choose to fly ships that generate high enough pay-outs to have people try to cash in the bounty on their headsGǪ but other than that, yes.

I want one of those brofists! Also, this is pretty awesome stuff!

Kill rights are bought GÇ£on the spotGÇ¥ in space, i.e. if you select a player in space and that player has a kill right on him for sale, you can buy & activate (one action) it right then and there. This immediately puts a Suspect Flag on the target, thus allowing you and others in your vicinity to attack the target.

Claiming a bounty is based on Final Blow.

Excellent implementation of the bounty system (and matcing 100% with ideas I've had for several years), but I have one question:

About 5 years ago, when I was a tiny noob only a couple of months old, I flew into low-sec to sell some stuff and got ganked. Now, I have nothing against the player who ganked me and my industrial (with expensive T2 fittings in LOW slots!), but ever since then, I've held a grudge against the player's character.

The problem is, this was about 5 years ago. I still remember the name of the character, and I have him on my Watch List. He's been there all the time, because I figured some day I'd become a wealthy merchant prince and be able to pay some mercs to make his (character's - not player's!) life miserable for few days or weeks.

But I don't think I've noticed his icon coming online or going offline, at all, in the last couple of years.

Do I just have to place a bounty on him (e.g. a couple of billion) and then trust that if he truly has stopped playing, I'll get the bounty back in 6-9 months? Or is there some way for me to find out this before I decide to place the bounty?

I'll happily throw a large amount after his bounty, if I know it'll do some hurt, but it feels like I'm dumping the ISK into a half-year void at 0% interest.



Oh, and a second question: Will he be able to know who put the bounty on him? I very much doubt he remembers me. For him, it was just another Tuesday in low-sec.

Wait, third question: I lent a small amount of ISK to a player about 3 years ago. He never paid back; I think he stopped playing. If I dump a bounty on him of, say, 10 times the amont I lent him, and he resumes playing again, and he contacts me and begs for mercy, is there any way I can retract my bounty on him? Like if he agrees to pay the ISK back to me?

I see an issue with kill rights. The blog says:




...so anyone can attack it... good... filthy scum...
...but it also says:



So I buy the kill right, some passer by shoots at the guy and gets the final blow and takes away MY bounty??!!
I want my money back!

I don;t like the fact that bounties are paid to the final blow. They should be spread out to everyone in that killmail. If there were 3 or 20 people shooting it and helping they should all share the bounty.

I can see someone targeting from miles away and joining in the KM with a target painter, but I still feel awarding it to the kill blow is even worse.

With all the changes to the mechanics in the game, what will be the results?
If the logi's start repping the person with the bounty on their head, what will happen to the status of the logi's?

Killrights are seperate from bounties. Killrights just protect you from CONCORD punishment while trying to collect a bounty, and might not even get you a bounty at all (Lots of people have killrights on me, but no one has paid to put a bounty up.)

Bounties have no effect on who can be attacked legally where.

Do this, CCP.

This is vague. Whenever possible, please use plain English (bearing in mind your audiences' background).

Shall I interpret that as a player with bounty on his/her head can only be attacked in lowsec and below by bounty hunters?
Or the other way round?

Putting the minimum bounty at 100K is too low imo, it will be abused.
Try 50mil or above for personal bounties to cut down on the joyriders.

Shall I interpret that as a player with bounty on his/her head can only be attacked in lowsec and below by bounty hunters?
Or the other way round?

Putting the minimum bounty at 100K is too low imo, it [i]will[i] be abused.

This is vague. Whenever possible, please use plain English (bearing in mind your audiences' background).

Putting the minimum bounty at 100K is too low imo, it will be abused.
Try 50mil or above for personal bounties to cut down on the joyriders.