Friendly faction = Bad for bounty hunting

[VRevs]

I'm back to using lowly Viper...

Just lost my brand new Type 7... (which got blow up on 1st RUN of cargo... I forgot to request docking.. T_T)
25+mils.. gone....

Just upgraded from Type 6 too.. That run was suppose to give me enough for an insurance... well... it WAS suppose to.. <.<;;;

Now I'm back to bounty hunting again to get another Type 6.. T_T

 

[vonvonbraun]

Also look at Lave. It's a pirate haven with rares and I can see alliance, fed, and empire nearby. Going to check it out more closely now.

Come join the rank, just got some nice rare booty from a fella in an adder

sadly instead of parley he preferred to run but got zapped

 

[idono]

Right, it's a bug and shouldn't work like that (as far as we know). One of the FDEVs mentioned a while back, that NPC's generated with Wanted ID's are supposed to have their factions set to neutral/non-allied, so this wouldn't happen. Criminals shouldn't keep their faction alliance. But they haven't fixed this yet.

Best workaround is to exit the instance and jump back in, which resets everything. Also, I suggest filing a ticket to help remind the devs that this is still happening. Maybe that will help bump it up the to-do list.

Well it kinda needs to be fixed quite quickly. On the heap of undervalued bountyhunting this makes it even worse for bounty hunters since we lose reputation at the same time.

 

[Gameassassin1020]

There is a bug with system authority craft (and their equivilents).

If you shoot a ship that is wanted in the current jurisdiction, but is also allied to the system controlling faction, then the system authority vessels turn hostile to you and attack you.

Things to note are

1. You do not gain a bounty for attacking the wanted ship
2. You do not become wanted for attacking the wanted ship
3. You do not lose faction standing for attacking the wanted ship
4. The system authority vessels do not become legitimate targets for you
5. If you fire on the system authority vessels, you will become wanted, with a bounty to pay off and lose faction standing.

It is a bug, and Frontier have acknowledged that and stated they will fix it as soon as they can, but it is buried deep in the reputation system and is not an easy fix.

To work around it, you should enter supercruise and then re-enter the nav beacon. On re-entry, you will find the system authority vessels are no longer hostile to you.

So thats why I didnt get my 50 k in bounties...

Thanks for the help...

*Flies to an anarchy system*