EVE New Citizens Q&A

I'm still pretty new to EVE and have been reading many of these bounty threads to get a better understanding of them. I've seen people complaining about the bounty system not being realistic, as if they know what real life contract work is (I got a chuckle out of that). I like how New Eden is a cutthroat, anything goes world. That is and, even more so, how things would be in the plausible future CCP has created here. That said, I believe players might understand this bounty system better if the terminology was a little more accurate. That's not something I'd expect a bunch of computer geek game developers (no offense) to know much about. "Real" is like this:

Bounty: a reward placed on the head of an individual, a fugitive, which has been approved and issued by an approving authority - usually a magistrate or whatever they're called in EVE. The Concord would not interfere with one serving this type of bounty as it is in the interest of justice (a loose term in New Eden as far as I can tell so far).

Open Contract: a public reward placed on the head of an individual which has been placed by a private corporation or individual for their own reasons. The Concord would have no legal interest in these as they are not recognized by an authority. Serving this type of contract would be done at the risk of the mercenary/hunter doing so, and would be perceived as a criminal act by any responding Concord. A wise merc/hunter would catch these targets in lower security space to avoid Concord contact.

Financed Covert Operation: this would be when an agency, authority or private, would actually hire trusted guns as "kites" to make a certain individual disappear - the target is only known to those hired to erase. No game mechanic or category needed here.

So, why shouldn't people be able to place a price on another person's head for "no reason"? Just make a realistic and balanced system where every action has a reaction and possible consequences. I love this game so far! It is the ultimate SciFi space combat game and a superior role playing experience as well! I can see how EVE has survived for...what...12 years now? I wish I had discovered it - or actually knew about online gaming then - a lot sooner.

I'm still pretty new to EVE and have been reading many of these bounty threads to get a better understanding of them. I've seen people complaining about the bounty system not being realistic, as if they know what real life contract work is (I got a chuckle out of that). I like how New Eden is a cutthroat, anything goes world. That is and, even more so, how things would be in the plausible future CCP has created here. That said, I believe players might understand this bounty system better if the terminology was a little more accurate. That's not something I'd expect a bunch of computer geek game developers (no offense) to know much about. "Real" is like this:

Bounty: a reward placed on the head of an individual, a fugitive, which has been approved and issued by an approving authority - usually a magistrate or whatever they're called in EVE. The Concord would not interfere with one serving this type of bounty as it is in the interest of justice (a loose term in New Eden as far as I can tell so far).

Open Contract: a public reward placed on the head of an individual which has been placed by a private corporation or individual for their own reasons. The Concord would have no legal interest in these as they are not recognized by an authority. Serving this type of contract would be done at the risk of the mercenary/hunter doing so, and would be perceived as a criminal act by any responding Concord. A wise merc/hunter would catch these targets in lower security space to avoid Concord contact.

Financed Covert Operation: this would be when an agency, authority or private, would actually hire trusted guns as "kites" to make a certain individual disappear - the target is only known to those hired to erase. No game mechanic or category needed here.

So, why shouldn't people be able to place a price on another person's head for "no reason"? Just make a realistic and balanced system where every action has a reaction and possible consequences. I love this game so far! It is the ultimate SciFi space combat game and a superior role playing experience as well! I can see how EVE has survived for...what...12 years now? I wish I had discovered it - or actually knew about online gaming then - a lot sooner.

Yeah, I get the little game mechanic thing - "I'll just get a friend to remove my bounty for me". That is equally as weak as spawn camping. I think a lot of the people whining about the bounty system because it isn't "realistic enough" don't realize what they're asking for. That ship of value rule sounds a bit halfassed, but was probably the only thing the devs could figure out as a "have a friend get rid of my bounty" preventative at the time. Bounty hunters gotta make a living too...

And there! Somebody gets it. Thank you, sir!

I'm glad you understand. As I understand it now, Little Izod Johnny or Sweet Sally Lollipop can click a button on screen and put a bounty on you. Am I in the ballpark?
A bounty is set by a legal authority like a judge or magistrate, and can be known across the galaxy. If you put a personal price on somebody, you're stuck doing it yourself or hiring contractors.
Again, I personally don't care how the system works, I just enjoy playing. I just got a chuckle out of the gripes about how "unrealistic" the bounty hunting system is, so I decided to spell the real thing out in layman terms. How many players have ever done bounty or mercenary work?
Realism aside, I'm sure the coding to make such a system happen in a video game is probably much more difficult than a guy like me (not a programmer) would suspect.