The Bounty Hunting & Bounties tips, and general discussion thread

kartonick

K
i just got 100cr god knows why bounty on me while hunting pirates, thankfully its just active for 7 minutes, now i stubled upon another pirate, and while fighting him, police appeared and started to attack me :( when i escaped the scene (didnt want to increase bounty by hitting any of them by mistake) i found myself having now 200 bounty on me and timer increased to 10 minutes :<

bug or just failed game mechanic?
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
6 Days Bounty thats a bit steep!!!

Ok I shot a NPC and because it was a Eagle on stupidly low health driving into my beams I destroyed it with my Vulture. 6600 bounty I can live with that so I go to pay it off not only to find that is no longer possible but 6 DAYS I cannot get to my ships without sacrificing and I cannot use my main ships in the system in which because of time limits I spend lots of my time in.

That time limit is absolutely bonkers for one ship death and yes it was an accident. CHANGE IT!

I have some time off, so it looks I have to go back to TK hell in World of.... all because of one small incident. GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER ITS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.


A Pretty Peeved off Beta Test Player....
 

CMDR Hagglebeard

CMDR Hagglebeard
I think it's fantastic. Now, when a pirate becomes wanted, he simply cannot pay it off. It encourages PvP.

However, I think a 3-4 day bounty is a bit more appropriate.
 

Tilen

Tilen
I just got a bounty on my head even though I had scanned my target. Now I have to wait four days (of game time?) before I can return to what I want to do in the game. Either this is changed or I'm not playing Elite: Dangerous. I can't be bothered having to wait days before I can resume doing what I like- especially if it's through no fault of my own.
 
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Sergio Smegolia

Sergio Smegolia
You have 400 billion systems and your not playing because you can't go to 1???

And how is the computer supposed to know it what an accident? Oh, sorry Mr. Policeman, I know I killed him by shooting at him but it was his fault because he was low on health.

Unbelievable.

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Tilen said:
I just got a bounty on my head even though I had scanned my target. Now I have to wait four days (of game time?) before I can return to what I want to do in the game. Either this is changed or I'm not playing Elite: Dangerous. I can't be bothered having to wait days before I can resume doing what I like- especially if it's through no fault of my own.
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Just go to another system that has a different minor faction and continue doing what you like doing. Quite why there is all this "taking my bat and ball home with me" is beyond me.
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
Firstly my ships are parked at that location and I am not about to leave the station with very angry station ships ready to shoot me at the cost of a lot of credits. Also I do not have a lot of time so I usually go to a RES or Beacon with my fighters. So 6 DAYS is STUPID FACE PALM etc. its a game breaker its simply too long for one kill.
 

Tilen

Tilen
Sergio Smegolia said:
You have 400 billion systems and your not playing because you can't go to 1???

And how is the computer supposed to know it what an accident? Oh, sorry Mr. Policeman, I know I killed him by shooting at him but it was his fault because he was low on health.

Unbelievable.

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Just go to another system that has a different minor faction and continue doing what you like doing. Quite why there is all this "taking my bat and ball home with me" is beyond me.
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No, because I am part of a group that has a set goal. I thought this is something that FDev promote?

The rest I will not bother replying to.
 
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robbyp

robbyp
Go to another system. Buy a sidewinder. Go back and sneak in, if you do it right you will get in without being scanner (try coming from around the back close to the station then go directly in). Then get your ship and boost out real quick.
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
Thankfully I wasn't in my fighter with no jump capability!

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Go to another system. Buy a sidewinder. Go back and sneak in, if you do it right you will get in without being scanner (try coming from around the back close to the station then go directly in). Then get your ship and boost out real quick.
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I did that, but that's not the point its the 6 days for ONE kill which is excessive. And it also prevents me from playing the game as I have chosen to with the time I have available.
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
I found this description which explains the changes... http://www.pcinvasion.com/elite-dangerous-talks-crime-and-bounty-changes-in-powerplay This is the insane bit -- "Secondly if your ship is destroyed, but the bounty is not detected then the following happens: The bounty becomes dormant and can only be detected by authority scans by agents of that jurisdiction and if detected will become an active bounty with a new seven day timer." Thats even more stupid than I first thought....
 
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Shaedist

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A week might be a bit much.
But come on, grow some balls.
It's insanely easy to enter and exit stations where u are wanted. Especially to exit......
I even sleep over, in the system I farm merits in. And that's only 600k bounty on my head. It's cake to dock at the local station. And with less than a hour search. I have 5 systems, with res sites, within 3 jumps. Around where I stay as a home atm...
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
Shaedist said:
A week might be a bit much.
But come on, grow some balls.
It's insanely easy to enter and exit stations where u are wanted. Especially to exit......
I even sleep over, in the system I farm merits in. And that's only 600k bounty on my head. It's cake to dock at the local station. And with less than a hour search. I have 5 systems, with res sites, within 3 jumps. Around where I stay as a home atm...
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You have chosen to be a Pirate and thats your choice, its not mine and I am not as practiced as you and nor do I have the time for that either. You could say that as a fix for Piracy it doesn't work as you obviously have no problems with it, so therefore it only affects the honest ;)
 

Sire

Sire
I bet that the same people who are complaining that a six days' bounty is too much for one kill would be the same who say that a six days' bounty is too little when they are killed themselves.
 

Kallipar

Kallipar
Sire said:
I bet that the same people who are complaining that a six days' bounty is too much for one kill would be the same who say that a six days' bounty is too little when they are killed themselves.
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Note: I have never seen an NPC complain on the forums....check my OP!
 
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