Bountys not registering @developer

DizzyRonson · Feb 18, 2015

hey

do you guys know there is a problem with boutys not always registering?
even if you get the blue text in the top right corner saying you got it..

has happend to me several times over the last days, so much so that i stopped hunting anacondas.
this is a pretty big bug for bounty hunting when those 80k bountys just slip away like smoke throug my fingers:/

could this please be looked at?
i want to feel confident that i get what i deserve when i kill them big snakes

ciger · Feb 18, 2015

DizzyRonson said:
hey do you guys know there is a problem with boutys not always registering?
even if you get the blue text in the top right corner saying you got it..

has happend to me several times over the last days, so much so that i stopped hunting anacondas.
this is a pretty big bug for bounty hunting when those 80k bountys just slip away like smoke throug my fingers:/

could this please be looked at?
i want to feel confident that i get what i deserve when i kill them big snakes

first thing to ask would be if you have scanned your targets with both cargo scanner and KWS simultaneously.

DizzyRonson · Feb 18, 2015

not scanned with either.. just target and wait to see if wanted, then kill..

ciger · Feb 18, 2015

ticket time

if you are sure you got the blue text message. also sometimes the bounties take time to show up, usually just a few seconds in my case, but since you are saying this is happening to you over the past few days it is not related to server lag.
and to be sure, you did not blow up anytime after you killed those anacondas?

Schlack · Feb 18, 2015

It can also happen if you KWS a target fully and then again partially.

Ticketed

Heater · Feb 18, 2015

Ticket open for this as it's been around from the early beta, if not earlier, so far not a single response on the ticket.

NinjaTrek2891 · Feb 18, 2015

Problem is out there. I ticketed this at 21st of January.

Including these two videos.
[video=youtube;hE3E1IULc58]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3E1IULc58[/video]
[video=youtube;0gKUe35GRpk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gKUe35GRpk[/video]

DizzyRonson · Feb 18, 2015

ciger said:
ticket time if you are sure you got the blue text message. also sometimes the bounties take time to show up, usually just a few seconds in my case, but since you are saying this is happening to you over the past few days it is not related to server lag.
and to be sure, you did not blow up anytime after you killed those anacondas?

to be sure i did this..
i cashed all my bountys..
went out to kill conda.
did not die and got text stating i won 80k.
looked in transactions menu.. nothing.
waited a bit and looked again. still nothing.
went back to station looked on contacts tab. nothing.
logged off and back in.. nothing..
and i did not use any scanners...
just target wait and see if wanted or clean.

gonna go ticket it tho.. the more the marrier

hopefully a dev could chime in on this to. so we can maybe get some form of reassurance that they actually know whats going on..

kapitankev · Feb 18, 2015

I've had this issue since 1.1

I've lost LOADS of cash.

I've opened a ticket, no response yet....current workaround? KILL MORE.

DizzyRonson · Feb 18, 2015

yeah.. i just stick to killing cobras instead.. less loss if bug hits and still a decent paygrade on them copared to ammo use

avow555 · Feb 18, 2015

Quite annoying to still have this bug.

Zeegoff · Feb 18, 2015

Heater said:
Ticket open for this as it's been around from the early beta, if not earlier, so far not a single response on the ticket.

You and me both. My original ticket in Dec was to simply report the bug and I asked if the 250k or so of bounties I'd lost before noticing would be reimbursed? Finally got a reply from FD just asking is it still happening? if it is open a new ticket? what the hell use is that? So I can wait another two months for an irrelevant reply? I don't think so.

DeLorean · Feb 18, 2015

Yep, I've raised a ticket for this exact problem. It's only happened for me with Anacondas with large bounties, which makes it more of a pain as they're usually tooled up enough to cause a fair amount of damage which costs a lot to fix. As with others above, I've stopped taking on Anacondas, as it's simply not worth it.

ciger · Feb 18, 2015

i guess i am lucky with not having this problem, anacondas are my favorite wanted ships due to the credits i get from them

roderick · Feb 18, 2015

I helped kill an Anaconda last night and got a blue bounty saying $97,000. I am still in a sidewinder with less than 50k upgrades. I was so happy to experience significant upgrades for the first time, but no my bounty bugged out.

Goilveig · Feb 18, 2015

I wonder - is everyone who is seeing this only seeing this when in open with other players in the instance?

It's intended that if two players are attacking the same target, one gets the full bounty and the other gets nothing. Maybe the bounty awarded text is just a synchronization issue - i.e. you both get the message because from each of your points of view, you were the one who dealt the killing blow, but only one gets the bounty because it can't be claimed twice. In that case, it's actually just the text that's bugged.