Killing a 'Wanted' Player in a system where he is not Wanted!

Giskard

Giskard
Hello!

Under this latest bounty system they have implemented, if you commit a crime and are 'Wanted'; it is local to the system you committed the crime in.

My question is....If I notice that a player is 'Wanted' in a particular system and say, his bounty is 10k - if I then follow him to another system (where his is not wanted) and then kill him there - do I still get the bounty reward?
 

Marshall...

Marshall...
If you have used a KWS on him then yes. You will also get a bounty put on yourself due to murder in a system where they are not wanted.
 
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Giskard

Giskard
One more point actually - if you log out of the game any point after performing the Kill Warrant Scan in the system where he was 'Wanted', I presume the information is lost? (ie, you would have to re-scan him again)...?

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Sandro Sammarco said:
Hello Commanders!

Unless you kill him in an anarchy, in which case you get the bounty voucher and have committed no crime...
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Ah, yes! This is good....so should he stray through one......hmmmm.
 

Sandro Sammarco

Lead Designer
Frontier
Hello Commander Giskard!

Yes, you'll always want to re-scan if you disconnect. To be on the safe side, you'll want to do it if your prey changes system - data does persist, but not indefinitely (because circumstances can change that later criminal status).

Also, in fairness there's no harm in getting a bounty issued against you in a system you've no intention of staying in... :)
 

Arjin

Arjin
Sandro Sammarco said:
Hello Commanders!

Unless you kill him in an anarchy, in which case you get the bounty voucher and have committed no crime...
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Sandro this absolutely ruins BH as a profession though, what is the point of hunting a wanted target down, too end up with a bounty on your head as well? Just makes zero sense. In most all cases a true BH is working on the side of the law.

The fact that the target is "Wanted" should mean something, not a trade off.
 

Scottworld

Scottworld
BH is not a ... chase them and kill em sport... (if you go to Brazil and kill some one cos they are wanted in the UK.... then sure you have committed a crime in Brazil ... you are now wanted !)
Kill them in the UK... or in the middle of the desert !.. so know one knows.
 

Sandro Sammarco

Lead Designer
Frontier
Hello Commander Arjin!

I'll have to respectfully disagree.

As a bounty hunter, you are working for individual minor factions. Other minor factions don't respect their laws.

In fairness though, any time you see a wanted status you will be legally allowed to attack.

Further to this, when we get Interstellar bounties up and running, you'll be able to hunt the mega-criminals across huge swathes of space.
 

CMDR UBERPEITSCHE

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Arjin said:
[...]In most all cases a true BH is working on the side of the law.[...]
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I strongly disagree, BH are as much killers as their targets. You have no badger neither any authority as police in any system.

You kill for a price put up by a faction. I always saw those Bountyhunters not as some shiny knights but rather quite lawless contract killers.

I like the new system, only hunt where you don't care for a bounty. Or stick to the system where the authorities themselves put those prices up to be safe from the law. :D

Edit, Sandro.. You draw your guns fast >->
 
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Marshall...

Marshall...
Scottworld said:
BH is not a ... chase them and kill em sport... (if you go to Brazil and kill some one cos they are wanted in the UK.... then sure you have committed a crime in Brazil ... you are now wanted !)
Kill them in the UK... or in the middle of the desert !.. so know one knows.
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I like the analogy:). I just think of the bit on Empire Strikes Back with the bounty hunters.... No disintegrations...
 

Arjin

Arjin
Scottworld said:
BH is not a ... chase them and kill em sport... (if you go to Brazil and kill some one cos they are wanted in the UK.... then sure you have committed a crime in Brazil ... you are now wanted !)
Kill them in the UK... or in the middle of the desert !.. so know one knows.
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It surely is in this game, otherwise why have a profession called Bounty Hunter at all? Many targets of opportunity are wanted in multiple systems. if I was a BH and went to Brazil to capture or kill a wanted target Brazil (.system) wouldn't even know about it..

There is no immersion factors involved profession wise regarding BH.
 

ATrifleMiffed

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Sandro Sammarco said:
Further to this, when we get Interstellar bounties up and running, you'll be able to hunt the mega-criminals across huge swathes of space.
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Interstellar bounties? As in, that "annoy enough minor factions to annoy the whole major faction" thing, or something else entirely?
 
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Sandro Sammarco

Lead Designer
Frontier
Hello Commanders!

Yes, the three superpower major factions will be able to issue bounties valid for their entire territory once you've caused enough problems for minor factions aligned with them (plus, once the bounties are resolved, they will turn into major faction-wide legacy fines).

This will work for both PVE and PVP, as in, an Interstellar bounty can be claimed by AI ships or human players.
 

Arjin

Arjin
Sandro Sammarco said:
Hello Commander Arjin!

I'll have to respectfully disagree.

As a bounty hunter, you are working for individual minor factions. Other minor factions don't respect their laws.

In fairness though, any time you see a wanted status you will be legally allowed to attack.

Further to this, when we get Interstellar bounties up and running, you'll be able to hunt the mega-criminals across huge swathes of space.
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Thanks Sandro, this Interstellar version sounds more like it! As to the first part, nobody is technically hiring me to BH as I can go to any system and take out any ship that is wanted, More like freelance version.
 

rightsideupsidedown

rightsideupsidedown
There's Legacy Fines and Galaxy Wide Bounty (all your active bounties combined) which are both displayed in game in their own way. Plenty of data to work off to add more depth to BH. Perhaps they'll even add in a bounty for War Crimes, because you know how it is if your power figure says it's okay to shoot kill and maim well then that must make it okay? License to Murica gibbin dat right, dis one fer Jenni back home, pride frum berths.

If you're really bored you could just start sending out a comms request to players listed on the Top Bounties list and ask them to kindly pay their fines.
"Hello Commander Logoffsky? Yes, we've had some trouble tracking you down and would like to remind you that your bounty has exceeded acceptable galactic standards. If you could immediately destroy yourself and pay off your legacy fines it would be much appreciated."
 
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