so some discussion has been happening about the bounty farmers in ED. Their MO seems to be getting very high bounties in Solo or Private groups - then selling access to those bounties to players for real money.
now i know that completely stopping this behavior is virtually impossible so that's not the purpose of this thread.
but galnet's displaying of the top bounties in all of ED - regardless of connection status or mode type - is offering them free advertising.
as soon as they make that list their name is up for all to see - just add them as a friend and when you get in contact they'll offer to sell their death to you.
they're not playing in open. nobody can hunt them down and kill them. the list is effectively useless for actual bounty hunting purposes.
my suggestion is this:
is there any way to limit the top X bounties list on Galnet to ACTIVELY OPEN players? that is to say - players who are LOGGED IN and playing in OPEN.
showing a list of players that bounty hunter's CAN'T kill doesn't do them any good.
bounty farmers aside - if CMDR [blank] has 1 billion bounty - and is a legit player - but only plays in solo or a group - or hasn't logged in in 2 weeks - showing him on that list doesn't do anybody any good.
if the list is meant to entice bounty hunters to hunt down player targets and add pressure to players who acquire particularly high bounties, then make it limited to bounties that can actually be collected.
and for the love of my asp - DON'T GIVE BOUNTY FARMERS A FREE IN-GAME BILLBOARD.
thank you.
now i know that completely stopping this behavior is virtually impossible so that's not the purpose of this thread.
but galnet's displaying of the top bounties in all of ED - regardless of connection status or mode type - is offering them free advertising.
as soon as they make that list their name is up for all to see - just add them as a friend and when you get in contact they'll offer to sell their death to you.
they're not playing in open. nobody can hunt them down and kill them. the list is effectively useless for actual bounty hunting purposes.
my suggestion is this:
is there any way to limit the top X bounties list on Galnet to ACTIVELY OPEN players? that is to say - players who are LOGGED IN and playing in OPEN.
showing a list of players that bounty hunter's CAN'T kill doesn't do them any good.
bounty farmers aside - if CMDR [blank] has 1 billion bounty - and is a legit player - but only plays in solo or a group - or hasn't logged in in 2 weeks - showing him on that list doesn't do anybody any good.
if the list is meant to entice bounty hunters to hunt down player targets and add pressure to players who acquire particularly high bounties, then make it limited to bounties that can actually be collected.
and for the love of my asp - DON'T GIVE BOUNTY FARMERS A FREE IN-GAME BILLBOARD.
thank you.