I just made 7 million killing pirates in a system while mostly mat hunting but I did the local law a favour.. I get a 600 cr bounty for one bullet hitting a boosting npc bounty hunter who wasnt harmed and I am 100ly from nearest ISF in my 15 ly FDL. I cant even refuel at the station (luckily I always use a fuel scoop) or would have to self destruct.
This CP system is not thought out, is moronic and stupid. It isnt realistic for small "crimes" to be punished like this and simply isnt fun gameplay.. Under 2000cr should be treated as a fine and paid off at nearest system. Or allow us to pay a bribe say 100 times as much to clear it. Most countries I lived in bribing the police or a judge is normal practice so would be in most systems away from central governments (eg a high security system). I can buy a judge for a 1000 usd so in a dystopian corrupt future why I am public enemy no 1 for nothing. Bribery would be rife for minor stuff.
Well the system is not working as intended. I pointed that out in a post that turned in to a rage storm from very smart people. “Check you radar and surroundings etc etc And git gut” Listen I’m not a beginner in combat. I have done it since day one. I can beat corvettes in my viper mk lll with easy. I’m not saying I’m the best, but I know what I’m doing. But everyone make mistakes. Even the best...For crying out loud the Ai does it too...
Frontier said in live stream that friendly fire was being addressed to make it less frustrating when accidents happened. People saying otherwise are lying. So they implemented this system where you had to do more damage to a target before it was seen as attempted murder. So you should only have been given a reckless fire discharge which is 600 give or take. And then you should be able to pay that at the station. But it doesn’t work always.
Same thing happened to me. I fired a missile at a pirate from 5 km. Out of the blue a dumb Ai anni went straight in to the path of my missile. I got issued the fine. No biggi I thought. I’ll just pay that off at the Station. BOY WAS I WRONG! Everything was locked. Plus I did not have my travel fsd equipped so I was stuck at the station. So I had to blow my 36 mio credits ship up along with my crew. Cause I couldn’t remove him either... Over a stupid 600 fine! THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO PAY AT THE STATION!
So yeah it doesn’t work as intended all the time... But smarty pants in here will tell you to bla bla bla instead of sticking to the fact and point, that THE NEW SYSTEM IS BUGGED IN SOME CASES.
Had it just worked as intended then I had zero problems with it.
But now I’m completely avoiding bounty hunting which was my main thing... Plus I’m done helping out commanders who are getting ganked by killers. Cause I’m not gonna risk my neck at all. Especially not if a friendly fire is punishing you just as hard as murder.
This new crime system would be great IF IT WORKED as intended. But it does not atm. And people can get angry for me saying so, but that still doesn’t change it for being bugged.
Back when I Adressed the falling skimmers that would destroy your ship when they crashed down on you, people also called me a lot of things. But that was a bug which kept many people from landing at planet bases.
People don’t like if you point out stuff about their favorite game. Especially things that are bugged. Which makes no sense. They will call you a cry baby or other stuff... Cause they can’t handle it. Which actually just makes them the biggest joker in the game... In order to make Elite the best space game and keep it that way, then sometimes we must look at the bad stuff. The new crime system is a completely new feature. And it sounds super on paper, but sadly it is bugged... But god forbid you saying that...
Anyway I’m playing Astroneer and deep rock galactic now instead, and soon surviving mars when that one comes out in a week. I’m just checking the forum as a bad habit to be honest.
