CZ bonds from hostile commanders

[geoffrey.hdt]

Hi Commanders,

I noticed at the last conflict-zones based CG that some commanders who sided with the opposite faction "gave" combat bonds, like exactly 1 million.

How does it work?
I assume that only hostile commanders that have earned above a certain amount would give such bonds (otherwise that would invite exploits), and that the amount of the bond earned is proportional to the amount he earned?

 

[Rat Catcher]

Perhaps it is calculated using the presumed difficulty, as are the ships that normally give bonds. And another player might count as Elite X in terms of payout.

 

[geoffrey.hdt]

Perhaps it is calculated using the presumed difficulty, as are the ships that normally give bonds. And another player might count as Elite X in terms of payout.

Nope, yesterday we met a hostile commander of "Competent" level. He was using his alt account, flying a plasma FdL (at first we wanted to spare/ignore him, then we were like, "Hey, this guy is GOOD!").
Got exactly 1 million bond after we took him down.

Edit: Oh wait, I might have misunderstood what you wrote.
Mhh...not sure...I took down the same commander twice the day before, but do not recall getting 1 million each time...I might have missed that though. But if that is the case, it could be an exploit when you ask a buddy to let you take him down repetitively.

 

[Rat Catcher]

Edit: Oh wait, I might have misunderstood what you wrote.
Mhh...not sure...

I think you picked up my meaning - if you think about it, taking out a SpecOps ship in a CZ doesn't pay very much, and they are Elite / Engineered, so a human gets counted as a higher Elite ranking, compared to NPC opponents.

Or it is a bug, not impossible...