EVE New Citizens Q&A

Somebody places a bounty on another, does that thing ever fade away or is it on you forever? Everything else fades, criminal, suspect, bunch of other stuff, but nobody says how long a bounty sits on your head. Seems that little bit of money should not purchase eternity.

So at what age should I stop shaving my balls then?

To the OP the bounty lasts until it is claimed. If it bothers you have a friend claim if for you or you on an alt account.

Yeah it was a part of the "crimewatch" patch, really completely meaningless. Then they ran a promo on becoming a bounty hunter... which was well completely meaningless. Don't worry about it

I believe that they expire in 6 months from the moment your account goes inactive (unsubbed, no longer logging in).

Will the issuer be refunded or is the amount gone?

A lot of players placing bounties on the killer after some unfortunate loss in a mood for revenge(?) ... and apparently don't get, that they have to pay that money eventually ...

Issuer is refunded.

Had a small bounty when they implemented the system and everyone went happy awarding bounties, then I took a long-ish break, and when I came back it was refunded back to whoever put it on me.

I've heard about free isk trap.

- hey, who wants 1.0billion isk?
- me!

Next thing that individual got a neocom warning message - a bounty (1.0b isk) was placed on you etc. etc.

If that's true story, then i'm up for such a gift

https://youtu.be/TZB8HRrJ0KM This also applies to balls.

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.