Newcomer / Intro bounty hunting issues

paladin7

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I have encountered 2 issues with bounty hunting. First if I die I seem to lose all the bounties I have earned and not cashed in. Second, I fired on a wanted target and became wanted. I am very confused by this. I am certain that I only hit the wanted target I was using fixed guns and was certain there was no one in between. Should there not be a small allowance for minor friendly fire incidents as well. Especially as the ai seems to pay no attention to my line of fire when attacking.
 

mistohise

mistohise
The first is the designed behaviour.
The second could be if you opened fire before your scanner had flashed up the wanted text. There is some friendly fire allowance, but it is not all consuming.
 

paladin7

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apparently I am wanted preferably dead for the next 6days because some idiot ai flew into my stream of fire. note check for bounties on your head before going bounty hunting or you may became the hunted real fast.
 
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CMDR Mr. Boombastic

CMDR Mr. Boombastic
Active or Dormant bounty listed on your Transactions tab?

If it's dormant then just avoid the system that issued the bounty and surrounding systems for 7 days. Or fly off to a different part of the bubble.
 
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Ism

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If it was "kill the pirate" assassination mission be careful, not all pirates are wanted in the system they are in.
So unless they show "wanted" in red (not just mission target in blue) you will be committing a crime even if you pre-scanned.
BTW, to get 6 days, you had to do more than just inadvertantly fire on an unwanted ship.
 
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Achilles7

Banned
Achilles7
There is a small allowance for shooting clean ships..as soon as you cause the arbitrary FD level of damage, you get a 10 min wanted status, as long as that ship isn't destroyed when you are in scanner range!..hence leave the vicinity right away..fast! You then have to leave the system & wait until the timer ticks down in your transaction tab in the left UI panel.

Alternatively, do what I do..which is say 'eff it!'..become an outlaw & kill all of the police ships & traders! :D

Another way you can deal with this situation is use it as a comfort break..log out - go & make a coffee, visit the little boy/girls' room etc, etc - come back after 10 mins & hey presto..clean again!
 

aRJay

aRJay
Ism said:
If it was "kill the pirate" assassination mission be careful, not all pirates are wanted in the system they are in.
So unless they show "wanted" in red (not just mission target in blue) you will be committing a crime even if you pre-scanned.
BTW, to get 6 days, you had to do more than just inadvertantly fire on an unwanted ship.
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Yes if you damage an unwanted ship you get a small bounty that lasts for 8-10 minutes, but if that ship is destroyed by anyone while you are still within range your bounty will increase as will its duration. This applies even if the ship was wanted but your scan hadn't completed when you hit it, especially bad news if the target was under attack by a group of security.
 
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