5000 Bounty for Murder in current CG Systems
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Similar thing happened to me at a RES near the CG. Got bumped by a police ship at a RES and was given a 5k/5 day bounty. I thought it was because the ship was destroyed a few seconds later by a pirate but maybe the bounty would have been given to me regardless.
I was told it is a known issue and to raise a ticket reporting it as a bug. You should probably do that too.
Something isn't right with the latest patch, I seem to earn myself a trespass warning/fine and ultimately dormant bounty just by doing surface missions.
For every "Cut The Power, Data Gathering" and "Performance Review" missions completed, I have to get myself blown up by the faction I am wanted with.
Even when I scan Sentrys and they show up wanted and as Mission Targets, upon firing on them I get fined which gets added to my dormant bounty.
Everything else seems to be working, get paid out for missions, still get ranked up, still get the bounty for shooting down wanted drones.
Seems like whatever triggers fines/wanted status/bounties is borked.
It was working fine before the update but now I can't complete a surface missions without being wanted.
For every "Cut The Power, Data Gathering" and "Performance Review" missions completed, I have to get myself blown up by the faction I am wanted with.
Even when I scan Sentrys and they show up wanted and as Mission Targets, upon firing on them I get fined which gets added to my dormant bounty.
Everything else seems to be working, get paid out for missions, still get ranked up, still get the bounty for shooting down wanted drones.
Seems like whatever triggers fines/wanted status/bounties is borked.
It was working fine before the update but now I can't complete a surface missions without being wanted.
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The first part doesn't sound like a bug, just different jurisdictions. A faction gives you the mission to infiltrate another factions territory. They don't like that. You don't need to blow yourself up, just live with the bounty.
The second part sounds like a bug unless you are in a no fire zone.
If you accidentally shoot an innocent ship, you get an assault charge and a small short-term bounty on you. It's like a red card. You must leave the field immediately. If that ship dies for any reason while you're present, it'll change to a murder charge and a 7 day bounty.
When you see that assault charge, turn around and boost away until you're out of range, jump to another system, wait there for 8 minutes, then you can come back and carry on.
The same applies to any ship that you accidentally shoot if you didn't scan it first to show that it's "wanted" before you shot it.
The same also applies if you ram another ship enough to get an assault charge, whether accidental or not.
Nothing is broken. The system is sensible and logical.
When you see that assault charge, turn around and boost away until you're out of range, jump to another system, wait there for 8 minutes, then you can come back and carry on.
The same applies to any ship that you accidentally shoot if you didn't scan it first to show that it's "wanted" before you shot it.
The same also applies if you ram another ship enough to get an assault charge, whether accidental or not.
Nothing is broken. The system is sensible and logical.
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It makes sense what you are saying - in theory. Maybe that's how its supposed to work and it was bugged before the patch.
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Prior to the latest patch I was doing the very same missions as I am now, ranking up with the Empire.
The only way I got a wanted status back then was if I didn't scan drones before firing at them, or firing at clean drones. Even then I only got a fine and not a dormant bounty.
During the rollout of the latest patch, I jumped over to Fed space and finished ranking up before coming back to Empire space.
I am using the exact same ship, doing the exact same thing as I was doing before except earning a wanted status and dormant bounty with every mission.
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I thought maybe the "detection system" in the game is bugged somehow, reading what others have posted on this thread.
Yeah, that's why I got a 6k bounty on my head for being rammed by a wanted imperial eagle that I had already scanned in a hazres, forcing me to relocate for 2 weeks. It's obviously working as intended.