EVE General Discussion

What does CCP think about a group of suicide gankers aggroing each others just before they gank some 3rd party victim to collect bounties placed on them by the somebody like the original poster in good faith? If Concord or other NPC's kill your ship and there is any human aggro involved, the human gets the final blow even without firing a shot. Would action like this be "works as intended" or would be more like "exploiting the fundamentals of the bounty system"?

Post proof or it didnt happen

The times, they are a-changin'.

As legit as my service! With a public name and a lot more to lose if I screw you over!

TBH, I'm just glad to see this feature! Anon bounties or not!

The core of the new bounty system is to pay out only a portion of the bounty at a time, instead of paying the whole pool upon a kill. Here are the pertinent points (with the usual disclaimer that things are subject to change as we continue developing this):

•The amount paid out from the bounty pool upon a kill is now based on the ISK loss inflicted on the target. This is similar to the system used in FW for calculating LP payout, i.e. finding a Total Loss value based on the value of items lost (plus some insurance calculation finagling). We’re making this system a bit more robust and harder to manipulate, but we’re not telling you how ;)
•The bounty payout is based on a percentage of the Total Loss, so the bounty received will always be considerably less than the actual Total Loss value. The base number we’re going for right now is 20%. This means that if you blow something up worth 100 million, then 20 million is paid out in bounty (or whatever is left in the bounty pool if less than 20 million).
•This also means that the bounty pool of a player will be paid out over time, so a player with a high bounty can be killed numerous times before the pool depletes.
•Currently, bounties are only claimed on podding. We want to extend this to ship destruction as well. This means that if you destroy someone’s ship and then pod him, you get bounty twice (the podding bounty is then based on the value of any implants the target has).
•Bounties are public, same as now. This means anyone can claim a bounty. Claiming a bounty is based on Final Blow. If you’re in a fleet and get bounty, the bounty is shared between the fleet members.
•Bounties can now be placed from anywhere in the game, not just the Bounty Office in stations. Bounties on the same character go into a joint pool, same as now. The minimum ISK amount for placing a bounty is increased from 5k to 100k. Also, bounties can now be placed on anyone, we’re removing the -1 security standing requirement currently in the bounty system.
•You can track bounties you’ve placed on other players, seeing how much has been paid out. You’re also notified if a player you’ve placed a bounty on is killed.
•Bounty pools are eliminated and a portion returned to those that contributed to the pool if the target has been inactive (unsubscribed) for a long time.
•We’ll redo the Most Wanted list to make it cooler and more useful. The characters with the top bounties on them will be ranked, with the rank giving a bonus to the payout percentage for killing them. This means high-rank characters are potentially juicier targets.
•We will add a Bounty Hunter rank list as well. Characters gain rank points on this list for scoring big bounties and hitting characters high on the Most Wanted list. For the time being the Bounty Hunter rank list will be purely for epeen purposes.
•We’re aiming to continue to use the Billboards and CQs to show Most Wanted status.
•Bounties have no effect on who can be attacked legally where.
•Important note: Existing bounties in the old (current) bounty system will be removed when the new system rolls out in December. This means that bounties that have not been claimed by that time will be gone for good.

There I highlighted it for you... others have already called you out for making stuff up and putting your KM (and video) where your mouth is. Still... nice story... even when it is as made-up as the Easter-Jovian.

Except of course that CCP has put measures in place to track that activity and ban those responsible.

Care to try again?

For the OP you get a like from me.

This new patch has seen the rise of the bounty hunters as CCP first envisioned them I think. To all who take up these kill contracts good luck to you. its high time they should truely pay for their crimes.

Ahhhh... finally things more like the real world- well except for the fact you can never do anything more than inconvenience a Pirate, but... maybe that's enough. Better than having no recourse other than playing THEIR game you aren't any good at anyway.

Wait, what's that sound? It's the collective exhaling of all the industrialists and their network of peeps now that they no longer have the terms of battle dictated by Pirates.

Money talks, s**t walks, even in EVE.

Can't wait to see all this unfold!
AR

I consider wining EVE when I feel adrenaline while fighting. That's wining.