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YoYo NickyYo
Doomheim
#61 - 2012-12-14 18:19:16 UTC
I'm curious as to why Bounties are being paid out for Null deaths at all? You don't need a reason or permission to kill someone in 0.0, why should you collect a bounty on them?

And......FFS Test, haven't you kids gotten any better? Put a 500 mil bounty on you, and it was gone in 24 hrs? That's like 2.5 -3 bil in losses in 24 hrs? Oops


Either that or the bounty system is broken, which would not surprise me at all.



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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#62 - 2012-12-14 18:35:39 UTC
YoYo NickyYo wrote:
I'm curious as to why Bounties are being paid out for Null deaths at all? You don't need a reason or permission to kill someone in 0.0, why should you collect a bounty on them?

And......FFS Test, haven't you kids gotten any better? Put a 500 mil bounty on you, and it was gone in 24 hrs? That's like 2.5 -3 bil in losses in 24 hrs? Oops


Either that or the bounty system is broken, which would not surprise me at all.




It's called additional incentive. There is nothing about a bounty that is supposed to signify permission.

Out of curiosity, how many different kill notifications did you get out of that?

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Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#63 - 2012-12-15 00:11:23 UTC
The Lady Nighthawk wrote:
Thats alot of hate to a simple comment and opinion

id advise you people go outside more often


...she said from her comfortable office chair, at her computer inside.

“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
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#64 - 2012-12-15 00:12:43 UTC
Ayumi Nevinyrall wrote:
CCP why u no lock thread?


I've been asking myself the same thing since I posted. Maybe it's because the commentary has actually produced content, improving the quality of the OP by virtue of actually being quality...

“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
Remiel Pollard
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#65 - 2012-12-15 00:19:50 UTC
The Lady Nighthawk wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:
Cebraio wrote:
Remiel Pollard wrote:

You know, there really is no need to complicate a simple definition - a bounty hunter is someone who hunts people for a reward. In that sense, a "contract killer" is just as much a bounty hunter, except that a bounty on someone's head basically makes it open season for any hunter, whereas a contract is a deal made between the party that wants someone dead, and a specific party to do the job.

Boba Fett was a bounty hunter, and he went after plenty of people that weren't technically criminals. Even in RL, there are bounty hunters that go after people with prices placed on their heads by criminal and terrorist organisations.

There is a difference between bounty hunters in fiction and bounty hunters in real life. I was comparing to bounty hunters in real life, who are playing by the law (mostly).

You may call them mafia-paid bounty hunters (does that exist?), I call them contract killers. To me, a bounty hunter is a person who hunts criminals for a reward, but who doesn't get criminal himself (at least he doesn't kill people). If you rather go with the Boba Fett (who is a criminal) definition, it's fine by me. Just we're talking about different things.


That's where you're mistaken. No offence.

Have you heard of that little girl in Pakistan? Malala, who got shot by the Taliban? Did you know they placed a bounty on her head? I can't remember how much, but that's irrelevant right now. The point is, criminal and terrorist and other non-legitimate organisations will put prices on other peoples' heads and bounty hunters do exist on the other side of the law in order to claim the rewards, in real life. And there is fierce competition.

There are two biker gangs in Australia, east coast, who are frequently at "war" with one another, usually in competition over the very rare bounty that gets placed on someone. If there is an open price on someone's head, it is a bounty, and it doesn't matter what side of the law they are on. If someone is going after that reward, then they are a bounty hunter, and it doesn't matter what side of the law they are on.


The diffrence being in RL anyone can take a contract, it doesnt need to be sold to them. In eve with this system, u can see a guy with a 50 billion isk bounty n if no one ahs kill rights, he just goes right by

am i going to fast for you?


Welcome to high sec. Wait.... welcome to EVE.

While we're on the subject of RL comparisons again (because, everyone knows EVE is real, we were all there), let's consider what high-sec is closest to - civilisation. Pretend it's New York, and the police are watching. You're a bounty hunter, with a gun, and average Joe Blow who happens to be in the witness protection program because he saw a gang do something EBIL walks on by. You know he has a bounty, but you also know the police are watching. You still have a choice. You have a gun, and you can take him out, but the police will get you as well.

The MAIN difference is, that, you'll likely get the death penalty in New York for 1st degree murder, and never get paid. In EVE, you have clones, even if you get podkilled (which concord doesn't do), so you can still retrieve the bounty.

And FYI, the only thing that slowed me down was your terrible spelling. *Difference.

“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
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#66 - 2012-12-15 09:55:07 UTC
The Lady Nighthawk wrote:
This video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX0p0irEOls

Is the EvE Ret video

Except it's false advertising, because you cannot be a *bounty* hunter as you cannot just hunt players with bountys.
The kill rights have to be sold on. Which they never will because whats the point, the ISK payout is NOT the bounty, it's ship set

Bit of a lame thing to do tbfh, but then like all eve videos, promises the world and delivers spreadsheets


You forget to take in to account the fact that the miner in the video probably sold the killrights. So now, tell us about this false advertising that you made up in your head.

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Doc Severide
Doomheim
#67 - 2012-12-16 13:15:35 UTC
The Lady Nighthawk wrote:
Doc Severide wrote:
Cannibal Kane wrote:
But your new so I expect some ignorance of how things works or how to go after players.

That's COMPLETELY unfair. I've been playing for years and I still don't know what the hell is going on...


People will troll for no reason, doesn't offend me in the slightest, just shows a lack of maturity

I was making a joke fewl...
Captain Death1
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#68 - 2012-12-16 13:25:56 UTC
To be a bounty hunter you just have to have balls to gank them Shocked