I’ve noticed, as have others, when you kill an NPC and get a message saying something like 492,000cr bounty awarded. You actually only get 350k when you turn it in.
So there’s some sort of payout cap, and it’s really damned annoying. Combat payouts on NPC’s should be unrestricted, as this cap limits potential and decreases the effort applied at taking down the 492,000cr ship.
I guess you have an NPC crew? They take a cut of everything you earn.
Bounties do give you the advertised amount.
I think I know ehat's happening here. When you scan a wanted npc with a kws, it will reveal multiple bounties for that target, even if the minor faction issuing one of those bounties is not present in that system.Nope, surprisingly I do not use crew at all and I used the in system Bounty seller, not the Interstellar Factor which also takes 25%.
I’ve tested and confirmed this with a few other commanders that noted this recently, there’s definitely a 350k cr cap.
I've noticed this as well, when I kill a target it says I get a payout of "this much", only to find out that that amount was actually split between two separate bounties for two separate minor factions, which might explain why after a long haz-rez session, you still have several unclaimed vouchers. Which is why IF factors are actually somewhat important outside of clearing legal issues.