Do I actually need a KWS?

Krisman · Mar 28, 2018

Hi All, just have a quick question;

In the past, I could kill 'wanted' ships without using a KWS and just receive less as a reward. What is different now? Do I absolutely need to use a KWS or is it pretty much the same as before, less reward?

Thanks
Kris

GunnerBill · Mar 28, 2018

Same as before.

Sylow · Mar 28, 2018

You can still work without it. It's still "only" an income multiplier. In the new version, it now allows you to also attack targets which have no bounty on them in the current jurisdiction, if they are wanted somewhere else, but i never bothered to scan clean ships in PvE yet.
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So no, it's not necessary, but if you want to maximize your profit when collecting bounties, it's advised to have it along.
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CMDR Vectura · Mar 28, 2018

I believe it doesn't yet allow you to attack ships wanted in other places because (assuming that it did) I attacked a ship that was clean but had a bounty elsewhere, and immediately got a bounty on myself.

Xious · Mar 28, 2018

CMDR Vectura said:
I believe it doesn't yet allow you to attack ships wanted in other places because (assuming that it did) I attacked a ship that was clean but had a bounty elsewhere, and immediately got a bounty on myself.

If you would have scanned the "Clean" ship with the KWS, he would have been tagged "Wanted" even though he was clean in that particular system and you could have opened fire with no issues... unless you did it in the "No Fire Zone" but then you would just get a $200 credit fine that you could pay right there at the station.

Cmdr Esteban · Mar 28, 2018

CMDR Vectura said:
I believe it doesn't yet allow you to attack ships wanted in other places because (assuming that it did) I attacked a ship that was clean but had a bounty elsewhere, and immediately got a bounty on myself.

But if you refrain from attacking a KWSed ship which appears clean in the current system but has a bounty in another, you can stalk him to another system where he is wanted or which is an anarchy system using your Frameshift Wake Scanner, and kill him and claim that big ol' bounty there without repercussions to yourself.

Cmdr Esteban. Putting the 'hunting' back into 'bounty hunting'.

IndigoWyrd · Mar 28, 2018

I do recall one time where a KWS was actually necessary - a Bounty Hunting CG in Maia (being an Anarchy System, everyone is tagged Lawless). If you wanted to collect Bounties, you had to scan.

fsdraconis · Mar 28, 2018

Using the KWS is also supposed to prevent reputation loss when a wanted ship is aligned with a faction you are aligned with.

Frenotx · Mar 28, 2018

It's not really "needed" unless you're bounty hunting in an anarchy system.

thisisforspendingmoney · Mar 28, 2018

How does the KWS work now? I couldn't really find any details from the patch notes.

During the beta you would just get the largest in system bounty I think? But they were going to change that.

Ddraig · Mar 28, 2018

Useful for pirate massacre mission in anarchy systems. However I am not willing to compromise my shields tbh... specially since I like to bite more than I can chew and I am no gitgud crew.

[VR] Goooost · Mar 28, 2018

Whatever they did with one of the more recent updates made the KWS awesome. 500,000cr from wanted anacondas left and right. Yes, use it.