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Davlin Storm
Affluence Corp
#1 - 2014-03-28 00:52:34 UTC
Yesterday, I posed a question in Rookie Help that was met with an opinion rather than an answer, and when I said I still needed an answer, apparently the user who initially responded took offense to that (or was just trolling), so they placed a 6 mill ISK bounty on my head.. a player with just over two weeks in the game.

I have a RL friend willing to remove the bounty for me via a duel, but evidently the bounty is not being cleared despite two deaths now. Both times I was sure I had an implant worth at least 6 million ISK (based on market prices) equipped, but neither death offered a payout to my friend.

What exactly is the issue here?

Thanks!
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-03-28 01:04:18 UTC
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail

So to clear a 6 million bounty you need to loose 30 mil in stuff.

Also, why would you want it gone, it's not changing ANYTHING in game other then that anybody who kills you gets a small payment for that, paid by money that doesn't comes from your wallet.

So basically, it does NOT affect you in any way.

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cpt Mark
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-03-28 01:16:37 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail

So to clear a 6 million bounty you need to loose 30 mil in stuff.

Also, why would you want it gone, it's not changing ANYTHING in game other then that anybody who kills you gets a small payment for that, paid by money that doesn't comes from your wallet.

So basically, it does NOT affect you in any way.


It gives you a cool wanted sign on your portrait...

It also means if u enter low sec people will see you as a more worthwhile target ;)
Khanh'rhh
Sparkle Motion.
#4 - 2014-03-28 01:37:43 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail.

Ship death only. OP was being podded so it wouldn't have reduced the pool any.

OP - as J'poll suggests, it really doesn't matter.

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J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2014-03-28 02:27:59 UTC
Khanh'rhh wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail.

Ship death only. OP was being podded so it wouldn't have reduced the pool any.

OP - as J'poll suggests, it really doesn't matter.


I believe implants are taken into account on pod death. But not sure about it.

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SmilingVagrant
Doomheim
#6 - 2014-03-28 03:18:52 UTC
Don't worry about bounties. It opens you up to exactly 0 extra risk.
Qalix
Long Jump.
#7 - 2014-03-28 04:49:43 UTC
Don't worry about it. Unless the bounty is huge and unless you're hauling something, no worries.
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#8 - 2014-03-28 07:16:32 UTC
Concur.

Don't sweat the bounties. As a newbie they seem much more important than they really are. In reality, it neither increases your risk of being targeted, nor does it negatively affect your reputation with other players.

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Nerath Naaris
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#9 - 2014-03-28 08:13:08 UTC
You can always send a mail to Cannibal Kane.

I hear he he runs a bounty removal service....

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#10 - 2014-03-28 09:16:56 UTC
Iria Ahrens wrote:
Concur.

Don't sweat the bounties. As a newbie they seem much more important than they really are. In reality, it neither increases your risk of being targeted, nor does it negatively affect your reputation with other players.

actually, scaring newbys is about their most effective use.

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Inxentas Ultramar
Ultramar Independent Contracting
#11 - 2014-03-28 09:17:03 UTC
Wear bounties like a badge of honour. I currently have 1 billion bounty on my head and it doesn't interfere with my gameplay much, if at all.
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#12 - 2014-03-28 09:53:55 UTC
I have a bounty. Most of my characters have bounties.

Including the lab and market alts that never undock. Roll

The bounties haven't changed anything in my gameplay.

Actually, lately I've been reading a lot of posts on how people that place bounties regret it, because they continually get spammed with EVE-mail payout notices from very active PvPers. The notices never stop if others keep adding to the original bounty too.
Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#13 - 2014-03-28 09:59:19 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Khanh'rhh wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail.

Ship death only. OP was being podded so it wouldn't have reduced the pool any.

OP - as J'poll suggests, it really doesn't matter.


I believe implants are taken into account on pod death. But not sure about it.


Any destroyed value counts, including implants.
Oraac Ensor
#14 - 2014-03-28 10:18:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Oraac Ensor
Yep, just chiming in to agree with the general advice here - bounties mean virtually nothing. Above all, stop trying to clear it - you're just throwing away ISK.

Forget all CCP's advertising of the bounty hunting profession in EVE - it doesn't exist. It's quite likely that most people won't even know about the bounty unless they're already checking you out as a potential target and even then it will only make a difference if it makes you the most attractive available target, which isn't guaranteed.
Yarda Black
The Black Redemption
#15 - 2014-03-28 11:31:41 UTC
Somewhere along the line, somebody will be reading this and be like: "So you don't like bounties eh?. How interesting"

Just prepping you for the future.

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cpt Varox
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2014-03-28 12:44:51 UTC
i got a measly 400m bounty here. Perfectly safe OP just dont fly tinfoil haulers moving all your stuff on autopilot. Then you might invite trouble... pardon me you will surely invite trouble then.
Lucas Padecain
Black Rebel Rifter Club
The Devil's Tattoo
#17 - 2014-03-28 15:22:53 UTC
Yep, the Bounty doesn't change anything or increase risk whatsoever. I prefer to have a bounty, actually Smile
Vol Arm'OOO
Central Co-Prosperity Union
#18 - 2014-03-28 15:42:05 UTC
As people have been saying, bounties have been and remain broken. They are largely pointless. The one exception being that if you have a huge bounty and fly an expensive ship in empire, you might encourage ganking, but if you fly an expensive ship you are already a target for ganking, so the added risk is probably de minims.

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Major Trant
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2014-03-28 16:16:17 UTC
I actually think it quite cool to have a bounty on my head. Makes me think that I made a difference to someone. The trouble is I lose about 40 ships a month on this char and any bounty I get is usually gone within a day or two.

Now I have a freighter alt who picked up a 100,000 bounty in high sec shortly after the new bounties came out, just hauling goods down the pipe from Jita to Rens. That was was around December 2012 and he still has it.
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University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2014-03-28 17:32:41 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
Khanh'rhh wrote:
J'Poll wrote:
Bounty payout is 20% of loss value on the killmail.

Ship death only. OP was being podded so it wouldn't have reduced the pool any.

OP - as J'poll suggests, it really doesn't matter.


I believe implants are taken into account on pod death. But not sure about it.

I'm pretty sure they are other wise D400 would be a lot lower on the bounties claimed list.

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