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Alec Sibbot
Grey Area Operations
#1 - 2012-12-09 06:14:34 UTC
I recently re-activated and was running some level 3's with a buddy when someone jerk off in local put a bounty on me. I messaged him to ask why and he simply replied "why not?". He then, along with his friends, proceeded to continue to increase the bounty on me until it reached 73,000,000ISK. Is this common? What's the purpose? Am I safe in High- Sec space?
Ifly Uwalk
Perkone
Caldari State
#2 - 2012-12-09 06:26:21 UTC
Alec Sibbot wrote:
Am I safe in High- Sec space?

Safety is a spoon.
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#3 - 2012-12-09 06:26:26 UTC
They put a bounty on you for lols. It means people get paid money every time they kill you for any reason. It does NOT make you a legal target in any way. It's an entirely separate system.
Destiny Corrupted
Deadly Viper Kitten Mitten Sewing Company
Senpai's Afterschool Anime and Gaming Club
#4 - 2012-12-09 09:09:46 UTC
You're not safe. Don't undock. You will be immediately pked by a random griefer.

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Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#5 - 2012-12-09 09:12:56 UTC
Ifly Uwalk wrote:
Alec Sibbot wrote:
Am I safe in High- Sec space?

Safety is a spoon.


Actually, safety is now a switch. Blink

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Tor Mitchel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#6 - 2012-12-09 09:13:11 UTC
You're not in any more danger than you were before, so don't worry about it.

They placed the original bounty on you for a cheap laugh (everyone's doing it at the moment, so don't take it personally). When you reacted, the started to pile more on in an attempt to make you upset.

At the end of the day, don't worry about it. If you're a HiSec player that never aggresses other players those bounties really won't make a difference to you.
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-12-09 09:13:36 UTC
Alec Sibbot wrote:
I recently re-activated and was running some level 3's with a buddy when someone jerk off in local put a bounty on me. I messaged him to ask why and he simply replied "why not?". He then, along with his friends, proceeded to continue to increase the bounty on me until it reached 73,000,000ISK. Is this common? What's the purpose? Am I safe in High- Sec space?


Only 73 mil?

Trust me, you haven't got a problem.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#8 - 2012-12-09 09:35:50 UTC
Look on the bright side; now, when people click show info on you, you look significantly more like a bad ass.

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Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#9 - 2012-12-09 15:14:53 UTC
Arduemont wrote:
Look on the bright side; now, when people click show info on you, you look significantly more like a bad ass.


^^ tbqfh, embrace the bounty, when people place bounties on any of my characters they get a nice evemail thanking them for their consideration & charity, apart from that one guy who blocked me after placing a measly 100k bounty on me Sad

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Demolishar
United Aggression
#10 - 2012-12-09 15:15:50 UTC
posting in a bounty whoring thread
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2012-12-09 18:08:14 UTC
Alec Sibbot wrote:
I recently re-activated and was running some level 3's with a buddy when someone jerk off in local put a bounty on me. I messaged him to ask why and he simply replied "why not?". He then, along with his friends, proceeded to continue to increase the bounty on me until it reached 73,000,000ISK. Is this common? What's the purpose? Am I safe in High- Sec space?


i can remove it for you :)

&you save* btw dont worry

*In eve you are neve been save. But the same save like before in high sec.
Haedonism Bot
People for the Ethical Treatment of Rogue Drones
#12 - 2012-12-09 18:14:17 UTC
You get 73 mil just for being a carebear in space. I have been asking people to put bounties on me since this thing came out and nobody will do it. It isn't fair.Cry I had to put a 1 million isk bounty on myself because I was so embarrassed about it.

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Dant Perst
Dark Matter Industrial Corp
#13 - 2012-12-10 11:26:25 UTC
Here I am just a few days under two months into EVE, and some little ****-ant targets me and bumps my ship while I am salvaging in a belt in high-sec. So I ignore the jerk, move on about my business, only to find out later that he or she has put the minimum bounty on me. Now I still feel relatively safe, but I have lost a level of anonymity, which is also a survival tactic. I know we are in the sandbox, so it's all in the game, but there should be some kind of downside to the random bounty placer -- perhaps they have to escrow 10x or 100x the bounty, or the bounty should have a time limit after which the bounty placer loses the his escrow and has to reset the bounty and escrow.

So questions, what can I do to mitigate or eliminate the bounty? What can I do to make the jerk wish he/she had never been born?
Clith
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2012-12-10 11:28:58 UTC
kill yourself with an alt
psycho freak
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2012-12-10 11:30:39 UTC
Dant Perst wrote:
Here I am just a few days under two months into EVE, and some little ****-ant targets me and bumps my ship while I am salvaging in a belt in high-sec. So I ignore the jerk, move on about my business, only to find out later that he or she has put the minimum bounty on me. Now I still feel relatively safe, but I have lost a level of anonymity, which is also a survival tactic. I know we are in the sandbox, so it's all in the game, but there should be some kind of downside to the random bounty placer -- perhaps they have to escrow 10x or 100x the bounty, or the bounty should have a time limit after which the bounty placer loses the his escrow and has to reset the bounty and escrow.

So questions, what can I do to mitigate or eliminate the bounty? What can I do to make the jerk wish he/she had never been born?



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Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-12-10 11:30:58 UTC
Dant Perst wrote:
Here I am just a few days under two months into EVE, and some little ****-ant targets me and bumps my ship while I am salvaging in a belt in high-sec. So I ignore the jerk, move on about my business, only to find out later that he or she has put the minimum bounty on me. Now I still feel relatively safe, but I have lost a level of anonymity, which is also a survival tactic. I know we are in the sandbox, so it's all in the game, but there should be some kind of downside to the random bounty placer -- perhaps they have to escrow 10x or 100x the bounty, or the bounty should have a time limit after which the bounty placer loses the his escrow and has to reset the bounty and escrow.

So questions, what can I do to mitigate or eliminate the bounty? What can I do to make the jerk wish he/she had never been born?


The downside is that the system tells you who placed the bounty. The only way to get rid of it is to explode. If you want Retribution (pun intended) put one on him too. If the bounty was placed by an anonymity corp, then ask them what it would take to find out who placed it. If they still refuse, just put a bounty on their corp.

Or, like me, you could just move on and get over it, because the bounty system is only rewarding under certain circumstances, and if you have a high sec status in high security space, and do nothing criminal, then your bounty is going to be hard to profit from.

That's not to say someone might not try. Even if you didn't have a bounty.

“Some capsuleers claim that ECM is 'dishonorable' and 'unfair'. Jam those ones first, and kill them last.” - Jirai 'Fatal' Laitanen, Pithum Nullifier Training Manual c. YC104
Inquisitor Kitchner
The Executives
#17 - 2012-12-10 11:36:13 UTC
Is it secret?!

Is it safe?!

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." - Niccolo Machiavelli
Schalac
Apocalypse Reign
#18 - 2012-12-10 11:41:16 UTC
I've been putting random bounties on all kinds of people. It's the new bumping.

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Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#19 - 2012-12-10 11:47:40 UTC
Bounty thread #1237...

What I can understand is that many hisec players identify as 'good guys' and hate seeing that "Wanted" sign on their avatar. Sure, a mobster can put a price on your head, but there won't be "Wanted" posters of you in all the Concord offices. Official status as "Wanted" is still reserved for people who broke the law.

Maybe CCP could change how bounties are displayed. Reserve the "Wanted" badge for pilots with negative sec status and display something else for pilots with positive sec. Something that says 'has a price on his head' without making him look like a bad person.

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Destru Kaneda
Arzad Police Department
#20 - 2012-12-10 11:55:17 UTC
The only thing that bugs me abut the new system is that I don't have any bounty yet.

Also, OP is a ****.

I like it best when the beats are naked.
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