erm....what have I done wrong?

[PsyaNyde]

OK, I had a bounty for 5k, it ran out in an hours time and I was just gonna go pay the fine when it did, but unfortunately some psycho twaddle in a brick cobra rammed me so many times he depleted over 530 shields and blew me up. The bounty then changed into a 7day DORMANT bounty, 'oh deary me I thought, that's a tad unfortunate' , anyway I didnt wanna wait a further 7 days for it to clear, i mean, afterall i had just waited 7 days ( all but an hour), so i bought a cheap sidey and flew off to the system i was wanted in and waited outside the station waiting to get scanned, sure enough I did and death ensued, thing is, I was under the impression that the dormant bounty would clear after, but it didn't...what did i do wrong? http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Bounty

 

[PsyaNyde]

Nevermind, seems it doesn't work anymore ( i read further down) WELL THAT SUX! I didn't do anything illegal or wrong yet a ramming pirate ship causes my bounty to extend from 1hr to another 7 days, i'll just put the game away for a while as i'm too fed up too bother with it at the moment, that can't be right

 

[Dakron Nova]

Nevermind, seems it doesn't work anymore ( i read further down) WELL THAT SUX! I didn't do anything illegal or wrong yet a ramming pirate ship causes my bounty to extend from 1hr to another 7 days, i'll just put the game away for a while as i'm too fed up too bother with it at the moment, that can't be right

Were you speeding.

 

[PsyaNyde]

Were you speeding.

erm..no, when i got rammed i was in a RES, and when i commited suicide i was just casually flying by the police waiting for a scan.

 

[Duedy]

maybe they closed a loophole, where you can just wipe off bounties with a cheap sidey and suicide by cop. if you have bounty you pay or someone collects it might be the onlly way to get free of it.

 

[Dakron Nova]

erm..no, when i got rammed i was in a RES, and when i commited suicide i was just casually flying by the police waiting for a scan.

Darn thats unfortunate, have a cup of tea that'll sort it.

 

[Duedy]

Darn thats unfortunate, have a cup of tea that'll sort it.

HAHA how Engllish of you.

I'm enjoying a yellow label tea as we speak, great tea shame its not sold in UK shops have to get it abroad or stay in a hotel.

 

[GJ51]

All because you couldn't wait just one more hour...

I'm approaching 3000 hours of game play and I have absolutely no idea how bounties, dormant bounties, fines, legacy fines or any of it actually works, if in fact it actually "works."

Don't worry, they'll probably just change it soon without telling anyone so that even more people don't understand it.

I usually just stay out of a system that has made me wanted until it expires and then go back and pay the legacy fine. Others tell me they just ignore the legacy fines altogether and never worry about it.

There have to be tons of explanations on the topic around here somewhere. Who knows? Maybe one of them is actually correct and written in a way that allows you to understand it.

It may actually be easier to try to understand Power Play, but I never attempted that one either...

I Trade
I Kill
I Explore

The rest of it just gives me a headache.

Content to remain blissfully ignorant

 

[Neo Mjolnir]

Dormant bounties aren't bad at all.. if You can, Just move to a different system for the duration.. it'll only become active if You are scanned by the NPC's of the of the system /jurisdiction of where the bounty was issued, so just simply moving Yourself to a different system allows You to carry on what ever it is You were doing without fear of the feds blowing you out of space.

 

[GJ51]

Dormant bounties aren't bad at all.. if You can, Just move to a different system for the duration.. it'll only become active if You are scanned by the NPC's of the of the system /jurisdiction of where the bounty was issued, so just simply moving Yourself to a different system allows You to carry on what ever it is You were doing without fear of the feds blowing you out of space.

Kinda like "time out" ? Just go to another room so I don't have to put up with your behavior?

 

[PsyaNyde]

The point is, i got killed by a pirate in a different system which changed my 1hr left bounty( originally 7 days) into a NEW 7 day dormant bounty, so i got punished for dying in another system? wth sort of game mechanic is that?

 

[Dakron Nova]

HAHA how Engllish of you.

I'm enjoying a yellow label tea as we speak, great tea shame its not sold in UK shops have to get it abroad or stay in a hotel.

Well heres some good news for you, you can buy it in ASDA now for around £2.50 a box.


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Some Asda's!

 

[drholliday]

The point is, i got killed by a pirate in a different system which changed my 1hr left bounty( originally 7 days) into a NEW 7 day dormant bounty, so i got punished for dying in another system? wth sort of game mechanic is that?

I dare you to let the faction scan you in 6D

 

[Neo Mjolnir]

Kinda like "time out" ? Just go to another room so I don't have to put up with your behavior?

yeah.. as it stands.

The point is, i got killed by a pirate in a different system which changed my 1hr left bounty( originally 7 days) into a NEW 7 day dormant bounty, so i got punished for dying in another system? wth sort of game mechanic is that?

even if You would have got it to expire it would have still went to dormant.. You actually saved a whole hour..

edit the whole bounty thing is just confusion.. heres what would have happened if the hour had passed with out event.. the bounty would have automatically reverted to dormant anyway...and the cunfusion would still be there.. it still is there.. hell even I'm confused

 

[PsyaNyde]

So your saying the 5k bounty effectively lasts 14 days now? I don't think so ... it would have changed to a 5k fine that I could have gone and paid.

 

[drholliday]

yeah.. as it stands.


even if You would have got it to expire it would have still went to dormant.. You actually saved a whole hour..

edit the whole bounty thing is just confusion.. heres what would have happened if the hour had passed with out event.. the bounty would have automatically reverted to dormant anyway...and the cunfusion would still be there.. it still is there.. hell even I'm confused

No it wouldn't. Bounties that time out turn into legacy fines. Not dormant bounties.

 

[Neo Mjolnir]

A

No it wouldn't. Bounties that time out turn into legacy fines. Not dormant bounties.

Actually that's wrong too.. You're thinking of fines...

from the wiki
Once the bounty has expired it will become dormant. A dormant bounty will not be displayed to other players or jurisdictions. A dormant bounty can be reactivated if the player is scanned by an NPC from the jurisdiction that issued the dormant bounty, or if the player commits a further crime in the jurisdiction that issued the dormant bounty. If the dormant bounty is detected in either of these ways within seven days it will become an active bounty again with a new seven day timer. If a dormant bounty is not detected within seven days then it is removed and becomes a legacy fine

 

[drholliday]

A
Actually that's wrong too.. You're thinking of fines...

from the wiki
Once the bounty has expired it will become dormant. A dormant bounty will not be displayed to other players or jurisdictions. A dormant bounty can be reactivated if the player is scanned by an NPC from the jurisdiction that issued the dormant bounty, or if the player commits a further crime in the jurisdiction that issued the dormant bounty. If the dormant bounty is detected in either of these ways within seven days it will become an active bounty again with a new seven day timer. If a dormant bounty is not detected within seven days then it is removed and becomes a legacy fine

No I'm not and if that's in the Wiki it's not how it works in the game. I have bounties fairly often. Try it and you'll see. The first sentence is wrong. The rest is correct.

 

[d8veh]

That's right. Bounties only become dormant when you're killed. Whether a bounty is dormant or not, it expires at the same time in accordance with the timer under the transactions tab. Bounties only have an effect in the system where they were issued, except very rarely, you can find that you're wanted at a station in a nearby system if factions from the issuing system have control of the station. Those can take you by surprise because you're not wanted in super-cruise, but you are as soon as you drop out at the station.

If you get a bounty, just move on to a new system and do the same thing as you were before. The only problems are if you have a spare ship in a station where you're wanted, or if you're doing powerplay and get a bounty in your headquarters, so you have to be especially careful there, bearing in mind that stupid suicidal NPCs will ram you if you let them.

Never do combat in your home system unless someone else initiated it. If you're a RES farmer, make your base at a system central to a few nearby systems that have RESs so that you can keep the same base, but swap hunting grounds if you get a bounty at one, which will happen before very long. Bounties are inevitable for bounty hunters, so learn what to do when you get one, but don't moan about it. they're part of the game, like NPCs shooting at you.
Never do combat, where you've stored ships that you will want to use in the near future.

 

[Neo Mjolnir]

No I'm not and if that's in the Wiki it's not how it works in the game. I have bounties fairly often. Try it and you'll see. The first sentence is wrong. The rest is correct.

While im not saying you at what ever point this happened to you in playtime are wrong as a person...and it may have seemed that way.. Its how its presented to the player ingame that is wrong.im not just blowing hot air ...Works that way anytime I had a bounty that has me at kill on sight and that's anything over 200 cr bounty ...... Bounty...Just always expires to dormant then finally nothing after that expires..... The fines however.. Which are completely separate from the bounty always go to legacy fines that can be payed off at anytime... Bounties don't become fines... And fines dont usally become bounties unless the user escalates the situation by doing further and more increasing more penalizing crimes.. Such as assault and then result in a bounty on top o a live fine... Bounties are a death sentence that may have a fine attached to the crime that gets turned into a legacy Non of which is explained in any detail to the player at all... That's what's wrong...

tl/dr needs to be explained in game and not on wiki. Is what I find wrong..... Actuly in all honesty it all needs reworking.. The whole bounty/fine thing..

oh and I stand by my statement the OP gained a hour if he died with a bounty and for him to ignore the dormant one and play it safe.