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Spaceman Jack
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2014-03-24 21:07:00 UTC
... that one store you called 10 years ago looking for some information, and now the salesman calls you every week delivering unsolicited info on the company and you get web banners for their products on ever page you visit.

Seriously, I put one small bounty on someone almost a year ago. Unfortunately he gets killed all the time and now I get 2 emails a day from the system even though my bounty evaporated with the first one.

On second though, the bounty system is more like Herpes.

Either way, definitely a reason NOT to use it anymore.
CCP, please allow us to UNSUBSCRIBE from bounty notifications as soon as our portion is done.
Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#2 - 2014-03-24 21:18:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Nerath Naaris
Stop whining, when the new bounty system was introduced probably you (and half of the player base, myself included) thought it extremely funny to place bounties on everything that moved.

Now we have to pay the price for this "fun". Working as intended.

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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#3 - 2014-03-24 21:23:08 UTC
I guess a contract system for bounties was too complicated.

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Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#4 - 2014-03-24 21:43:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Doireen Kaundur
Spaceman Jack wrote:
... that one store you called 10 years ago looking for some information, and now the salesman calls you every week delivering unsolicited info on the company and you get web banners for their products on ever page you visit.

Seriously, I put one small bounty on someone almost a year ago. Unfortunately he gets killed all the time and now I get 2 emails a day from the system even though my bounty evaporated with the first one.

On second though, the bounty system is more like Herpes.

Either way, definitely a reason NOT to use it anymore.
CCP, please allow us to UNSUBSCRIBE from bounty notifications as soon as our portion is done.


Hmm? My bounty kill-mails end when the last bit of isk is used. Ugh

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Clementina
University of Caille
#5 - 2014-03-24 22:35:17 UTC
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when you bounty someone you continue getting the mails until the bounty their bounty is exhausted.

So if you put a large bounty on someone then you will be receiving the mails for quite some time.
If you put a bounty on someone and then someone else puts a large bounty on that same person before your bounty isk was exhausted you will both get the mails until the bounty is gone.

Maybe next time you can put your bounty on a corp or an alliance, multiple people can get killed fast, chewing through the bounty pool quickly.
Mario Putzo
#6 - 2014-03-24 22:39:11 UTC
Should have been a contract system imo. But its still better than it used to be. Everytime I used to get a bounty id get all giddy for the free isk. Now when I get a bounty I have to kill like 180K Bantams and ain't nobody got time for that.
Seven Koskanaiken
Shadow Legions.
SONS of BANE
#7 - 2014-03-24 22:40:22 UTC
Serves you right for bountying everyone in local on the 1st day of retribution.
Felicity Love
Doomheim
#8 - 2014-03-24 22:50:48 UTC
... always thought Bounties should have a chance for 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x the payout during some random "ZERO HOUR" each day as determined by the server...

Sure, it would make Bounties more like a game show, than the farce it is... but HOLY SHEET would it be crazy for one hour each day... and very popular...

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Malcolm Shinhwa
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2014-03-24 22:51:12 UTC
Bounties themselves are stupid. Their only use is in making carebears cry because they think they mean something. Hardly a valid reason for a game mechanic.

Completely unrelated, but do you know that if you put a bounty of 315,315isk on a miner, sometimes they freak the hell out? Funny stuff.

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Guardians of the Underworld
#10 - 2014-03-24 23:03:28 UTC
Nerath Naaris wrote:
Stop whining, when the new bounty system was introduced probably you (and half of the player base, myself included) thought it extremely funny to place bounties on everything that moved.

Now we have to pay the price for this "fun". Working as intended.


I got bountied for calling someone a **** in hek. Best day ever.

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Marsha Mallow
#11 - 2014-03-24 23:04:46 UTC
These notifications are very annoying, esp when you bounty everyone you know via mains and alts and try to play innocent, or enjoy friendly POS dying.

Anyway, Team Awesome who have probably done more in small fixes than the rest of CCP - ever- did indeed patch in the ability to filter notifications recently. Eve-Mail > Settings > Mail Settings > When Notification is required > etc

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MEME Thoughts
#12 - 2014-03-25 03:28:48 UTC
Spaceman Jack wrote:
... that one store you called 10 years ago looking for some information, and now the salesman calls you every week delivering unsolicited info on the company and you get web banners for their products on ever page you visit.

Seriously, I put one small bounty on someone almost a year ago. Unfortunately he gets killed all the time and now I get 2 emails a day from the system even though my bounty evaporated with the first one.

On second though, the bounty system is more like Herpes.

Either way, definitely a reason NOT to use it anymore.
CCP, please allow us to UNSUBSCRIBE from bounty notifications as soon as our portion is done.


If he only gets killed in small ships, then even your small bounty might take forever to finish.

That said - I thought the bounties timed out after a few months.

AND that said - you probably have a bug and CCP should be petitioned for it. They need *all* the help they can get to chase down bugs.....
Real Serious PVPer
Doomheim
#13 - 2014-03-25 03:44:08 UTC
After I'm done going through my current list of targets, I'll be available for more bounty hunting. I don't do the small easy jobs, I only take on serious stuff. I might be interested in taking on new clients if the isk is good enough.

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Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#14 - 2014-03-27 19:07:09 UTC
It's the quicker picker-upper.

The right to free speech doesn't automatically carry with it the right to be taken seriously.
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
#15 - 2014-03-27 19:10:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Epeen
Spaceman Jack wrote:
... that one store you called 10 years ago looking for some information, and now the salesman calls you every week delivering unsolicited info on the company and you get web banners for their products on ever page you visit.

Seriously, I put one small bounty on someone almost a year ago. Unfortunately he gets killed all the time and now I get 2 emails a day from the system even though my bounty evaporated with the first one.

On second though, the bounty system is more like Herpes.

Either way, definitely a reason NOT to use it anymore.
CCP, please allow us to UNSUBSCRIBE from bounty notifications as soon as our portion is done.


Bet you thought it was pretty funny at the time you bountied someone to try and upset them.

Who's upset now, fool!

Mr Epeen Cool
I Love Boobies
All Hail Boobies
#16 - 2014-03-27 19:39:47 UTC
The bounty system is like... pointless.
Brusanan
Sons of Seyllin
Pirate Lords of War
#17 - 2014-03-27 19:52:53 UTC
Yes, please let us unsubscribe from bounty mails.
Silvetica Dian
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#18 - 2014-03-27 20:04:29 UTC
Malcolm Shinhwa wrote:
Bounties themselves are stupid. Their only use is in making carebears cry because they think they mean something. Hardly a valid reason for a game mechanic.

Completely unrelated, but do you know that if you put a bounty of 315,315isk on a miner, sometimes they freak the hell out? Funny stuff.


I have never put a bounty on anyone. I wish i had known this before......
I have been telling people they are useless.......

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Doireen Kaundur
Doomheim
#19 - 2014-03-27 20:33:23 UTC
Ive placed over 1 billion in bounties, and I have a nerdgasm every time someone gets popped.

Ive even gotten hate mail.

Bounty tears are the new flavor of tears in eve.

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Mara Pahrdi
The Order of Anoyia
#20 - 2014-03-27 20:34:47 UTC
I Love Boobies wrote:
The bounty system is like... pointless.

I disagree. Obviously CCP did a very good job at trolling us.

Remove standings and insurance.