He was involved and got the highest player DPS, hence he got the player led bounty.

It's all there in the patch notes. You obviously didn't understand this, when you placed the bounty.

No sir, you made the comment that this is the only way that some gankers will ever pay out on their bounties. I only pointed out a means of addressing YOUR issue.

No. The devs don't understand us. Stop being such a fanboy.

Oh, I think they understand us pretty well.

Never been called a fanboy before. Thanks.

You are welcome.

Will you now have the courtesy to let us discuss the new feature, what it means to us, how it is working out and respect our opinions on it without further attempts to patronize us like children?

I'll point out when I think you're wrong. Take that as you will.

Thank you, but this is not an argument. It is a discussion. You might make a mental not about it.

Did not say it was.

Since our movement has become wanted, the rascals in our gank fleets always shoot each other up after we slaughter a non-compliant. It's fun and a nice little bonus for a job well done!

So, in effect your bounties help subsidize the purchase of more catalysts and modules. Please give generously!

Thank you for your support.

And there's the side of the bounty system that should have been dead obvious... people in the same corp/alliance/fleet should not be getting bounties on eachother. That should have been a no brainer.

Like I said - its worse than that.

My suicide alt is always 'in the fleet' of people who 'whored' the KM while Concord was finishing him off.
Thus, he receives half of the bounty.....on himself.

Hilarious. Butthurt miners put bounties on gankers heads, and the gankers just collect it themselves. Like the good old days of podding yourself for a reward - except now its in regular installments.

And if miners want to keep it in, because the occasional miner gets a potshot off on a dying gankship.....GREAT!

Because gankers will certainly be able to exploit it on a far more regular basis - because we know exactly when and where the gank is going to occur. Collected over 20M of my own bounties just recently.
Only missed one because my scout didn't come out of cloak properly when the gankship landed on his head. By the time I uncloaked it was too late. :(

Oh well, the bounties will still be there. There is ALWAYS another gank.

..seriously? You just have to be in the same fleet as the people collecting it? Wow... another no brainer that shouldn't be there, but one that would be fixed somewhat by those in the same fleet or having been in the same fleet recently not getting anything from bounties.

I'm not really interested in a theoretical 'solution' that cuts off ganker exploitation of the bounty system, while leaving in the random 'potshot on a doomed GCC'd target' exploit. Neither makes sense, and leaving it in (in either case) makes it impossible to maintain a high bounty.

And really, I'm not sure it is really possible to easily distinguish the two cases. Thats what makes them alts. They could be anybody. Thus, I think the cleanest solution would be simply to eliminate payouts for Concord KMs. Like flipping a switch, like the other guy said. The insurance system is able to distinguish between Concord kills and others. No reason why the bounty system couldn't as well.

But really, I don't think CCP is going to do anything. I imagine the free money train for gankers is going to be with us for a long time. +1 for Crimewatch in that respect.

It also made ganking with 1400MM arty a LOT easier in 0.7 systems (where most of the ice mining occurs.) So, +2 for Crimewatch. Now you get guaranteed 2nd volleys EVERY time, instead of once in awhile. Silver lining and all that.

After all, if they mad enough to put a bounty on you, it means your suicide attack hit home - and further ganks might push them right over the edge and cause them to beat their kids, or better yet, quit EVE.

Thanks for neatly summing up how cowardly risk-free suicide ganks harm EvE as a whole. But hey, who cares about EvE as a whole, long as you get what you want, right? EvE is certainly going to be better off with less players.....

Though on the otherside of the coin, kudos for pointing out the bounty flaw, rather than going for a epic exploit. Oh wait, you're carrying on doing it right?

Figures.

I hope they fix this somehow. Definately not what the bounty system is all about.

Yes. I do not care about other EVE players. I paid for my PLEX with my own spacebux, therefore I am not required to care about others' enjoyment of EVE. I only care about my own enjoyment, which involves smashing Exhumers, podding their pilots, and making them generally feel like EVE is hopeless so they unsubscribe..

Interesting point here. It's generally us griefers, high-rollers, and generally evil people who pay with PLEX. I believe that it's the less affluent and indeed totally unsuccessful majority of the player base that subsidizes our lifestyle. The basic miner, the pathetic mission runner, the worthless grunt in a nullsec blob. These are the people who can do no better than to buy their ISK for real cash, using PLEX, to fund their activities, and who pay their subscription fees with real cash.

I wonder if we will eventually destroy ourselves, and this game. Idealistically, it's completely correct to hold the views you do, but realistically we may be working towards our own annihilation.