Herr Wilkus
Aggressive Salvage Services LLC
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
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Posted - 2013.02.13 19:08:00 -
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New bounty system is pure gold for the suicide ganking community.
Its like a free 20% insurance policy for all your suicide gank ships - where the angry victims paid the premiums.
Last of all, I get to call myself a 'bounty hunter' instead of a suicide ganker, because miners always seem to have bounties on them these days. 
I would highly recommend increasing the payout to 50% of total losses, however.
Would make the bounty hunting profession even more attractive for us bounty hunters. |
Herr Wilkus
Aggressive Salvage Services LLC
Tear Extraction And Reclamation Service
689
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Posted - 2013.02.14 11:53:00 -
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Crexa wrote:
Nothing but a kill mail !!! Likely, not even a frickin corpse! So whats the point? Revenge? How is there any revenge when the guy you put the bounty on gets to first laugh at you for mining (stupid miners), then gets to laugh after you get blown up, then laugh after you get podded, then laugh at the bounty you placed on them because they think you made them mad.
You also forgot how they laugh at you when they take your 127M bounty and put it into their own pocket every time they gank.
After all, the ganker 'lost' a ship. Sure, one they were planning on losing anyway, but the game can't make distinctions.
The ganker's alts make sure they get on the Concord KM by pewing it once. Bounty is awarded to the alt.
As a result, the bounty you placed went directly into the pockets of the ganker over the next several suicide attacks. You are essentially buying him new ships.
In my view this is part of CCP's plan to reintroduced a gank-victim funded insurance policy for gankers. As removing insurance from suicide ganking was a mistake in the first place, we welcome the change.
And CCP probably won't change it - because the ONLY way to collect bounties on suicide ganking characters is to ***** the Concord KM -because the only time they are going to be in a position to die is getting CONCORDED after popping some scrub in a Mackinaw. I mean, when ELSE are you going to have a shot at collecting the bounty?
Which is funny because getting ganked is probably a textbook #1 example of why someone would want to place a bounty on someone in the first place. Its supposed to deter 'crime' yet is pointless in the #1 criminal activity in highsec.
I believe the main reason the payout is only 20% is due to the overly generous insurance system.
Increasing the payout on bounties would actually make bounties pointless and 'free' to remove.
If you want an increased payout for bounties - you have to insist on an insurance system nerf as well.
Hey, I know - lets cut back the stupid insurance system - or remove it entirely!
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